Hear, hear!! (Or is it "here, here"? I never know...) I tried to make myself like The Rules of the Game all the way through, and the extras on the DVD explained a lot to me about why to admire it... but I am sure that's as far as I'll ever get, whereas this one is just bliss.
To think we're already in the top third of your list!
I was hoping to find allies here, and look who comes along! La Grande Illusion is a wonderful, noble movie on a great subject. The Rules of the Game, on the other hand, obviously isn't a bad film, and technically it's very interesting, but all that running around! Ooh la la. It just gets exhausting. I'll never understand why it's so highly regarded.
The other Renoir I really must get round to seeing soon is La Crime de Monsieur Lange.
(I think it's "hear, hear", by the way - originated in the House of Commons, where everyone's constantly having to fight to get themselves heard.)
I third that opinion - La Grande Illusion is his masterpiece, I think. There's a Renoir season coming up at the NFT and I'm looking forward to plugging the Renoir gaps (I've seen all the main ones but not the smaller ones).
Hear, hear!! (Or is it "here, here"? I never know...) I tried to make myself like The Rules of the Game all the way through, and the extras on the DVD explained a lot to me about why to admire it... but I am sure that's as far as I'll ever get, whereas this one is just bliss.
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I was hoping to find allies here, and look who comes along! La Grande Illusion is a wonderful, noble movie on a great subject. The Rules of the Game, on the other hand, obviously isn't a bad film, and technically it's very interesting, but all that running around! Ooh la la. It just gets exhausting. I'll never understand why it's so highly regarded.
ReplyDeleteThe other Renoir I really must get round to seeing soon is La Crime de Monsieur Lange.
(I think it's "hear, hear", by the way - originated in the House of Commons, where everyone's constantly having to fight to get themselves heard.)
I third that opinion - La Grande Illusion is his masterpiece, I think. There's a Renoir season coming up at the NFT and I'm looking forward to plugging the Renoir gaps (I've seen all the main ones but not the smaller ones).
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