The Dreamers Reviews
Came To Watch Eva Green, Stayed For Eva Green's Nude Scenes, And Remeber It For The Writing, A Spectacular Film About Cinama And The Confused Youth With No Sense Of Purpose In Life, This Film Is Gonna Be Immortalized By It's Unaging Theme, And It's Gonna Be More Relevant With Time, Thanks To The Three Cast Memebers And The Director
If it weren’t for these three dazzlingly beautiful people and their constant nudity, there would be nothing beyond beauty and eroticism. The film begins with a narrator, something that seems to tell an interesting story, and abruptly ends without the narrator voice and without context. There is no connection between the sexual games around the protagonists’ love for cinema and the revolution in which the context is set; there is no cohesion, and it seems to jump from one topic to another without any intersection between them. It seems as if the story had to be rushed, and at some point after the middle of the film, the thread was lost. Had it not been for the beautiful nudity of the protagonists, I would have stopped watching.
Camp Eva Green, frequently topless, fantastical an indulging in incestuous threesomes, is pretty difficult to beat. It is a racy and yet innocent film that is more about sexual awakening than politics or philosophy (at which some ham-fisted references are made), and seems to push the boundaires of sex on screen in precisely the same way the French new wave films did, but with a vile, morbid and self-indulgent 90s twist that must have been tough to swallow for a mass audience.
Entertaining for Green.
Eroticism at its peak. 7/10
French people have a weird thing for i n c e s t
I find this film is extremely French aesthetically, and mostly spoken in English which is helpful. This released in 2003 film's look of feel in the late 60s is almost perfect for me who don't know the real time. Performance is good too. Maybe there are too many naked scenes and Hendrix score, and the ending lessened in my opinion.
When Matthew (Michael Pitt) arrives in France from America to study, he is befriended by siblings Isabelle (Eva Green) and Theo (Louis Garrel), the threesome drawn together through a love of cinema and the desire for social change, all set during the French riots of 1968. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, The Dreamers is beautiful to look at, each scene bathed in subdued tones, and equally great to listen to with a soundtrack that includes Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Bob Dylan, appropriate to the time. What is bothersome is the relationship between the brother and sister, a seemingly incestuous affair that is never really adequately explained or tied in in any way with the social change swirling in the air. From that angle, it's all a bit baffling.
Honestly, I came for Eva Green but had to leave for Tennis midway of the movie. I couldn't bear the psychodelic, creepy athmosphere and I'm really glad I did not live in the 60s. Is there a story? Maybe I'm not as educated in such matters but to me this movie seems like a prequel to the reality shows we have today ... I'm sorry that I spent my money on iTunes for this.
Conceived as a film based on passion and the pleasures of the flesh, it is often superficial and poorly contextualized.
Artistically well done for sure and good acting; but falls flat for me. minus one star for communist protesters. After all, we saw how well that's worked out for millions of Russians, Chinese, and North Koreans.
It is fascinating and challenging to manage the Dreams
in only 2 hours, this movie made me feel like i've lived in their world for the longest time, and this is a feeling i'm not always aware of with other movies.
The plot is simple., sometimes boring but Eva Green is stunning. Who cares about the plot. I could watch her movies anytime.
Loved it. Very compelling story of a young man exploring love and friendship with fellow cinephiles in Paris.