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Mathew (sic)

14Feb12

I love movies about unsympathetic shitheads. Why?

T. J. Harman

29Oct11

The main character reminds me of reminder of Henry Miller in his personality and personal philosophy though I doubt Miller would have tried not to sleep with the girl.

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DT

26Oct11

This has a great organic, natural feel, but I honestly didn’t care much for the substance beyond a sensory or even intellectual standpoint. Certainly passable.

// what happens when you house two self-centered intellectuals & 'an immoral little slut' (libertine sexuelle) in a french villa for the summer... add sexual tension - then subtract it - add it again, divide by two - spend remaining time trying to self-rationlize your obsession with ignoring a woman. Boils down to a movie about a man gaining self esteem by not using his penis.

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Xandega Tahajuansya, Toby Venable

Matthew Martens

24Jun11

Moving bravely, if languidly, towards a heroic dandyism, the unmoneyed but very well-put-together art-dealer Adrien joins his artist friend Daniel on the Riviera to enact a vision of moral purity based on doing absolutely nothing, only to be waylaid by the twinned temptations of beauty and commerce, as represented by the impossibly adorable Haydee and a crassly materialist American art collector.

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Filmy

2Jun11

can't breathe ... empty case outside, DVD missing inside ... must survive ... must muster strength ... must live on and tell Rohmer tales to unfortunate friends ...

allbutbrokenbones

31May11

Great movie. Reminded me of Julies et Jim. Rational seeing as both Rohmer and Truffaut were involved in the French New Wave movement.

Langston Young

7May11

How-to-do-nothing-and-fail 101.

4peace

28Mar11

Where's the 4 1/2 star button?

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davandwar

21Jan11

No one does it like Rohmer... such complex situations and relationships. Beautiful photography from Almendros.

Tim Moore

14Jan11

Gets better each time I come back to it.

Anton Williams

5Jan11

Sometimes, some people think about it. But to show it in the movie can be only a unique person. Now I know his name

cammy

23Dec10

JUST SAY WHAT YOU WANT. God.

Pierre Yves

10Jul10

"Je me suis mis à aimer le cinéma quand je me suis aperçu qu’il pouvait exprimer des sentiments ambigus."

Laima

8May10

brilliant

victoria konigsberg

9Mar10

un estilo de pelicula que no atrae a cualquiera.. las peliculas de rohmer me cautivaron desde la primera vez, fue como amor a primera vista-- al contrario de Ingmar Bergman o Jean-Luc -- la coleccionista es una pelicula simplemente bella, la tension sexual que transmiten los personajes se siente tan real y sus dialogos son de la altura de eric rohmer

dBainy

25Jan10

battle of sexes; timeless relevance. loss of love due to pride and shame. the heart wants, the ego separates. good articulation of thoughts; and clever script.

Jordan Dammit

18Dec09

interesting film.. beautiful cinematography.. Rohmer's first color film is very subtle in its use of it.. skin tones, seafloor stones..

Klara Tavakoli

7Oct09

I must have the patience for it... When I watch this film (and it is one of my favorites to watch) it's a sort of vacation from the world. And it is one of the best to capture the mood of the 1960's I crave. The pace, the existential humor - it's a small bit of paradise to me. In my eyes, one of THE perfect films out there.