I initially watched this cause I liked the 2 lead actors. I was expecting to only like it for them and the set cause of some of the reviews I've read but I really dug it. It felt like if you combined Visconti with Douglas Sirk with a scipt by Proust (if he'd like to see the film era) Forgive my pretencious name dropping but this is a beautiful melodrama which has also given me a greater appreciateion for sculpture.
I met a woman just like her this year, deeply frustrating, but endlessly fascinating !!
This film is less than the sum of its parts. Brilliant acting and photography. A fascinating story with tried and true themes. Nice work in the costumes and set pieces. But somehow there’s something missing. Somehow it falls flat.
vincent canby was exactly right -- i'm honestly so shocked this has such a high rating. the film is so formless; it just sort of like meanders along for the first two hours. and i fucking LOVE isabelle adjani so much but i feel like the film is so slaphappy and badly put together that her madness seems sort of artificial at times -- i just can't class this among her other really great performances
