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Christopher
11May12
Those looking for a laid out, defined narrative structure should turn elsewhere. Denis of course works best with intense imagery, sparse music, and minimal dialogue. All of her talents are on full display in this movie, which is so enigmatic that it's difficult to look away.
Mr. Arkadin
17Feb12
Real, mesmerizing, film. Having watched it back-to-back with *Time of the Wolf*, it was interesting how much overlap (echo) existed between the two films. (The pack of unknown kids running wild through the woods at night in *Intruder*, e.g., seeming like an outtake from *Wolf*; etc.) There's still something I can't articulate about the rhythm that Denis achieves, though, that makes her film the more mysterious.
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Jack Lehtonen
23Oct11
21st Century Cinema. There is nothing to tether us to the characters. Instead we only catch glances. What one gleans from the ethereal images of the film is a search for identity, for a grounding to reality that is lost. A film "about" a fractured soul. The reason this and its cousin film, Miami Vice, are the greatest films of the last decade, is because they're wholly new, there have never been others like them.
Jose Sarmiento Hinojosa
16Sep11
http://youtu.be/CoTGowlhABk Here's Claire Denis and Jean-Luc Nancy discussing the film. Enjoy.
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Jugu Abraham
8Sep11
Viewing this film is like reading Nobel Prize winning James Joyce's novels. It provides a high quality of aural and visual value for a patient and alert viewer. She is one of the finest filmmakers alive currently making films, with aesthetic touches of Mallick and Tarkovsky. My full review is at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2011/08/119-french-director-claire-denis.html
In An Expression Of The Inexpressible
1Jun11
A very puzzly and beautiful movie that needs to be absorbed and interpretet in a very subjective way. I liked it's flow and the mixture of reality, dream and subconscious tricks. And I strongly dig the political tone to it! But I got bored a bit by the same methods and grips of the photography - close ups from behind and the side, static landscape shoots and the filming from a moving vehicle. To little to overused.
Jose Sarmiento Hinojosa
8May11
If anyone should want the essay of Jean Luc Nancy that predated this movie, just drop me a line to josesarmiento@gmail.com. I'll be happy to send it.
Bleu Poster
17Feb11
At first bewildering, but it penetrates deeper and deeper with each viewing. Also boasts a final scene that could match the exhilarating dance of Beau Travail.
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Jack Lehtonen
16Aug10
I'm not sure what to say. A film beyond words really. Suffice to say that I am stunned. I anticipate returning to this many times in the future.
Brian Jeans
1Nov09
Left me covered with a with a thick somewhat unpleasant membrane that took days to wash off. Yet I can't stay away from this picture, if for no other reason than the dogs, those true arbiters of justice over these sad human trajectories. Long live Maldoror!
X.A. Coronel
10Apr09
If i could say in two words what cinema is to me, i would simply say "L' Intrus".
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Jose Sarmiento Hinojosa
13Mar09
Such a rewarding, marvelous film. Has to be watched a couple of times to really be inmmersed in this surreal story. One of my favorite Denis films.