Carmody wrote:I have hopes people will use this thread to discuss what they have read or seen. Specifically, MorktheFiddle suggested the movie
Bande à part
which I took out from the library and which I have to admit I did not get....at all. You loved it. I totally respect your tastes and your love of it but I did not "get it." Could you please explain what it is that I am missing?
Note: this post has spoilers of a sort.
It has been ten years or more since I saw Bande à part, so I remember only a few parts with clarity, plus I remember the fact that I liked it. But here's a thumbnail:
Lucky for me, when I watched Bande à part, Youtube wasn’t drowning in movie scenes from all over, if there even was a Youtube, so the [SPOILER-->] dance sequence came on me by surprise. The sequence in a nutshell shows my fondness for the movie. Three insouciant young misfits*, refreshingly seem like real people doing real things, often without much forethought. Crime capers are often so grim, the criminals are so dark, the production seems so movie-ish. None of that is true for this movie. Well, except [SPOILER-->] the ending. In short, what engaged me about the movie was the realistic characterization of the three amiable principals and the plot that was both unlikely and plausible at the same time.
* True, younger actors might have conveyed this a little better.
Hope this helps.