Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Victor Khomenko (M) on May 20, 2003 at 17:59:43

The film is Regarde La Mer (See the Sea) by François Ozon.

Let me start with a quote:

"See the door? If this movie is on in your vicinity, perhaps now would be a good time to open the door, step outside, and close the door, making sure it's locked behind you. It's just that bad. It's even worse than another François Ozon film I've seen called "Water Drops on Burning Rocks."

"At 50 minutes, this film is excruciating. Some may call it a brilliant art film, but to call it a film is to simply say that anything that IS filmed can be considered a movie. Which is true, to some extent, but that is far from saying that everything on film is a something that people would like to see."

Interesting. The film is... is... "awful" is too simplistic a word to describe it.

Except... I DO LOVE the Water Drops on Burning Rocks... it IS a wonderful and stylish film.

But this one? OK, OK, so it has that flavor of the French Twist, and OK, there is just the *promise* of it, as soon enough any hope for the decadent elegance disappears and the awful boredom and disgust settle in.

One should ask: "What's the point of making that pile of dreck?" Is François Ozon simply running out of steam?

No. I think this is what Ozone IS.

Close the book on Ozon and toss it into the pile of French kaka.