L’amour fou – Strong structure, sustained tempo, flawless
Actors: Sara Forestier, François Damiens, Adèle Haenel
Director: Katell Quillévéré
Writers: Mariette Désert, Katell Quillévéré
Cinematography: Tom Harari
Editing: Thomas Marchand
“Love Like Poison” by Katell Guillévéré (France, 2010)
A 14-year old girl tries to deal with the conflict created by her nascent sexual desire and her faith. The significant others in her life are clearly divided into two groups. The non-believers are all male (father, grandpa, boyfriend) and all clearly express their desires. The believers on the other hand (the mother, the girl, and the priest) all have to repress their desires in order to comply with the dogma imposed by their religion.
Incongruous music
Actors: Clara Augarde, Lio, Michel Galabru
Director: Katell Quillévéré
Writers: Mariette Désert (collaboration), Katell Quillévéré
Music: Olivier Mellano
Cinematography: Tom Harari
Editing: Thomas Marchand
“A Few Good Men” (Rob Reiner, USA 1992)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon
Writers: Aaron Sorkin (play), Aaron Sorkin (screenplay)
Music: Marc Shaiman
Cinematography: Robert Richardson
Editing: Robert Leighton, Steven Nevius
“Get Carter” (Mike Hodges, UK 1971)
Excellent direction, good dialogues, images and humor
Cast: Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Eklund, John Osborne, Tony Beckley, George Sewell
Directed: Mike Hodges
From a screenplay by Mike Hodges
Photographed: Wolfgang Suschitzky
Music: Roy Budd
“Die Hard” (John McTiernan, USA 1988)
Too many clichés!
Cast: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald Veljohnson, Paul Gleason
Directed by John McTiernan
Screenplay by Jeb Stuart
Photographed by Jan de Bont
“Running On Empty” (Sydney Lumet, USA 1988)
A multi-faceted movie!
Cast: Christine Lahti, River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Jonas Abry, Martha Plimpton
Directed: Sidney Lumet
Written: Naomi Foner
Edited: Andrew Mondshein
Photographed: Gerry Fisher
Music: Tony Mottola
“The Winslow Boy” (Anthony Asquith, UK 1948)
Excellent dialogues
Cast: Robert Donat, Cedric Hardwicke, Basil Radford
Director: Anthony Asquith
Writers: Terence Rattigan (play), Terence Rattigan (screenplay)
Music: William Alwyn
Cinematography: Freddie Young
Editing: Gerald Turney-Smith
“The Winslow Boy” (David Mamet, UK 1999)
Excellent dialogues / A remake of The Winslow Boy (1948)
Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Jeremy Northam, Rebecca Pidgeon, Gemma Jones, Guy Edwards
Written and Directed by David Mamet
Based On The Play by Terence Rattigan
Music: Alaric Jans
Cinematography: Benoît Delhomme
Editing: Barbara Tulliver
“Lady Chatterley” (Pascale Ferran, France 2007)
Cast: Marina Hands, Louis Coullo’ch, Hippolyte Girardot, Helene Alexandridis, Helene Fillieres, Bernard Verley, Sava Lolov
Directed: Pascale Ferran
Written: Roger Bohbot, Pascale Ferran, Pierre Trividic; based on the novel by D.H. Lawrence
Music: Béatrice Thiriet
Cinematography: Julien Hirsch
Editing: Yann Dedet, Mathilde Muyard
“Snowpiercer” (Joon-ho Bong, South Korea 2013)
Cast: Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Alison Pill, Octavia Spencer
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Screenplay: Joon-ho Bong, Kelly Masterson
Original Story: Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, Jean-Marc Rochette
Director of Photography: Kyung-Pyo Hong
Original Music: Marco Beltrami