Post by petrolino on Mar 26, 2021 0:31:55 GMT
So glad to be able to introduce you to this film. I love it. It's so beautifully done and thematically significant. To say nothing of Tavernier's beautiful cinematic style. The camera almost never stops moving, but in a quiet, graceful way that's always in the service of the story.
Couldn't find a trailer, but here's Roger Ebert's review, if you're interested, though you may want to save most of it until you've seen the film. A Sunday in the Country
I'm glad you mention camera movement. I think a fine visual composition in cinema is often appreciated, like a painting, but it also takes great technique to pull off a shot like the opening tracking shots in 'Touch Of Evil' (1958) and 'The Player' (1992). The older I get, the more I appreciate filmmakers for the audacity of their craftsmanship, in a world where most filmmakers choose to take the easy shot over the hard one. I'm the same with music, I like the mechanics, and the stretching of mechanics (an element of risk).
I'll bookmark this link for now as I'll look into availability and options (the blu-ray listed on Amazon UK is pretty steep in price), thanks. I recall some of Roger Ebert's words in one of his final pieces on the work of Bertrand Tavernier, a review of 'The Princess Of Montpensier' (I like this movie, as did he), I think published in 2011 :
"Bertrand Tavernier's career has been a celebration of many kinds of films. He began in 1974 with "The Clockmaker," one of the best films ever made from a Simenon novel, and has made films about war ("Coup de Torchon"), jazz ("Round Midnight"), biography ("Daddy Nostalgia" with Dirk Bogarde), an old artist ("A Sunday in the Country"), young cops ("L. 627") and French filmmaking under the Nazis ("Safe Conduct"). He is one of the most prolific and generous of directors, and there is no word that summarizes a "Tavernier film," except, usually, masterful."
- Roger Ebert