02-29-2020, 10:23 AM
I did finish this rewatch, by the way. Yes, it does get dark towards the end, but I have a better understanding of it this time.
Still, the first two hours are what make it, and even though it's a French film, Beineix breaks the mold. He pioneered the "Cinéma du look" movement, along with Luc Besson and Leos Carax. It's electrifying cinema, certainly for French film, and I steadfastly defend Betty Blue as "not of that ilk."
So there!
It's also one of the most convincing intimate portraits ever put to film, full of passion and pyrotechnics.
Still, the first two hours are what make it, and even though it's a French film, Beineix breaks the mold. He pioneered the "Cinéma du look" movement, along with Luc Besson and Leos Carax. It's electrifying cinema, certainly for French film, and I steadfastly defend Betty Blue as "not of that ilk."
So there!
It's also one of the most convincing intimate portraits ever put to film, full of passion and pyrotechnics.