With the latest update to my Xbox 360 I now can watch thousands of videos from Netflix immediately on my TV! Even in HD! So, I've started to ravenously explore this and picked out, like, 30 movies to put into my queue. At the top was "La Vie en Rose" Marion Cotillard won best actress for her role in this film as the famous Parisian singer Edith Piaf. So onto the couch i plopped myself and eyes glued to the TV...
About 40 minutes into the film I thought to myself how many of the heart-wrenching aspects of the movie were stark throw backs to the "Film Noir" era. First was the non-chronilogical timeline that is a staple of many mid Noir cycle films.
In addition, the film is so dark, and depressing. You would never think that so many terrible things could happen to just one person. One real hard moment was when she revealed that she was only 44 in a scene where she is being cared for for a liver problem. However, she looks much older, maybe 70 years old. The music was the way that Edith hid. When she was in public, all she wanted to do was sing, because she was afraid that if she did not sing a certain show that night, she would never get another gig again.
I would recommend "La Vie En Rose" to anyone that has interests in music, french, or seeing a star rise from no where and dig herself a hole deeper than where she began.
Watch it!
6 comments:
Ian!!
That movie sounds interesting. Depressing, but interesting. It seems like it could be taken more seriously compared to the cheesy movies we watched for this unit. Like the one where he kept saying Baby like a million times haha.
See ya tomorrow! Yay art of film!!
from reading this blog post it is safe to say that i can not, and probably will never be able to pronounce the name of this film. However, it seems to be a decent selection of the noir sub-genre by the way you have described it, so i may just check it out someday.
That movie was amazing! What was most stunning for me (besides Marion Cotillard's performance) was the how the filmmakers used makeup to age the actress. My favorite scene was when she begins to realize that her lover had actually died, and that she was hallucinating. Not only is the acting amazing, but the camera follows Cotillard around the house as she frantically looks for him. The long, extended shot (nearly 5 minutes) increased the impact of the movie for me.
First off, you would watch a movie like that.. Secondly.. that just sounds depressing! As you know i'm such a sap, and anything that's super depressing (as you make this out to seem) is just not my cup of tea.. Thirdly.. How did your obsession w/ french films come about.. lastly.. you would :)
I agree with lia. that movie sounds really depressing but quite interesting. I dont know if it would be my cup of tea, but it would still be cool to watch. you are a good writer!!!!
I really want to see that movie! Or I want a new Xbox 360 so I can find new and interesting film noirs! It sounds like you really became interested in this non-genre of film and I'm glad that you were able to analyze a new movie that we haven't watched in class! Thats really neat! Well done Ian I like your post a lot!
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