Hi. Have you noticed that "Juste avant la nuit" is adapted from the novel which inspired .... Mikio Naruse - " the stranger within a woman " 4 years before Chabrol ? ( wiki : The Thin Line, later re-issued as Murder, My Love, is a 1951 crime novel by the British-Lebanese author Edward Atiyah ).
One comment and one question. Comment: Your analysis of La Rupture - only in this fantasy could we have this construct - reminded me of the ending of Blue Velvet with the artificial bird chirping and Isabella Rossellini embracing her son. Question: Per your review, I watched La Rupture. Do you think all the fantastical elements were simply drug induced? It seems those fable-like scenes happen after Helen either has had a few drinks or eats one of the drug-laced sweets.
Hi, Alice. I love that idea, like the sweets the two women eat in Jacques Rivette's Celine and Julie Go Boating, which project them into a fantasy narrative. But I feel the whole film takes on a surreal dimension once she enters the boarding house. It's like she's stepped into another plane of existence.
Thank you for this interesting explanation, I’ve seen the film and while I liked it, I never fully understood it.
Thanks, Niki!
I haven't seen any Chabrol films yet Michael. I will have to rectify this. I do love Feench cinema. I adore the films of Eric Rohmer inparticular.
Eric Rohmer is fab, isn't he? Must do a video on him some time.
@@michaelbartlettfilmyeah his films are amazing. They are so beautiful. I'm working my way through his films. I'd love to see a video.
I haven't seen these films, but your video is interesting and I enjoyed it.
Thanks, Julie! (Not many views for this one. Wind, tumbleweed...)
Hi. Have you noticed that "Juste avant la nuit" is adapted from the novel which inspired .... Mikio Naruse - " the stranger within a woman " 4 years before Chabrol ? ( wiki : The Thin Line, later re-issued as Murder, My Love, is a 1951 crime novel by the British-Lebanese author Edward Atiyah ).
Wow, I didn't know that. Thanks for pointing it out.
One comment and one question. Comment: Your analysis of La Rupture - only in this fantasy could we have this construct - reminded me of the ending of Blue Velvet with the artificial bird chirping and Isabella Rossellini embracing her son. Question: Per your review, I watched La Rupture. Do you think all the fantastical elements were simply drug induced? It seems those fable-like scenes happen after Helen either has had a few drinks or eats one of the drug-laced sweets.
Hi, Alice. I love that idea, like the sweets the two women eat in Jacques Rivette's Celine and Julie Go Boating, which project them into a fantasy narrative. But I feel the whole film takes on a surreal dimension once she enters the boarding house. It's like she's stepped into another plane of existence.