tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666879.post112115421671418274..comments2024-02-06T18:22:11.094-08:00Comments on Signal Bleed: Weekend viewingJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06119251227853197640noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666879.post-1121211441628364832005-07-12T16:37:00.000-07:002005-07-12T16:37:00.000-07:00I definitely recommend Leconte; everything I've se...I definitely recommend Leconte; everything I've seen of his so far has been excellent. My personal favorite is <I>Intimate Strangers</I>, which starts like it might be a sort of Hitchcockian thriller but turns into a sweet and odd story of friendship. I don't know if that's the best place to start; some of his better known work, like <I>The Hairdresser's Husband</I> or <I>Monsieur Hire</I>, might be better entry points, but I haven't seen them since they don't appear to be available on DVD in the U.S.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06119251227853197640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666879.post-1121160192265073702005-07-12T02:23:00.000-07:002005-07-12T02:23:00.000-07:00The thing that spooks me about Romance is that Bre...The thing that spooks me about Romance is that Breillat honestly believes that the sexual fantasies and desires she depicts are common to all women, and if women find the movie offensive, it's because they are unwilling to accept this within themselves.<BR/><BR/>And so, while I think you're right about her films being about the bleakness of sex, I don't think she thinks of them that way. She describes the sex and relationships in Romance as "beautiful." This just seems incredibly bizarre to me. It's like whenever I hear her talk or read her interviews, any redeeming quality I thought her films possessed goes out the window. (As when she talked about how the heroine of Fat Girl wants to be raped at the end, and it's a positive experience.)<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I think I really hate French film. That said, I want to ask you: I haven't seen anything by Leconte. Should I? Which one do you most recommend?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com