Kieslowski seemed infatuated by pretty little French actresses with short dark hair; who waft out a vacuous air of pallid preciousness like Juliette Binoche in that pic (and Irene Jacobs too in Red) Binoche’s character is willfully self-controlled, too wealthy and too detached to be of much interest. Her post-crash trauma is too indulgent, too [...]
Forgot i had this on video, and was in 2 minds whether to watch it or bin it. Should probably have binned it and saved myself a couple of hours of life. It’s not that it’s bad, or even awful – merely dull, in that dull dramatic drama way where too much “story” is being [...]
Daniel Auteuil is a good, solid actor. But he’s getting to be as ubiquitous as Robert de Niro and Gerard Depardieu (his hooter is as big too) He’s undemonstrative, restrained – often remotely detached. Think I’d like to be seeing a bit less of him in future. And Juliette Binoche (too winsome) He’s an underwhelming [...]
