Good post.

I think the chalk and mandrake root were unneccesary but I prefer to think of it as an allegory and not a fantasy, this makes me enjoy it more. I think, flawed or not, it's a very good, original film about a girl that retreats into a fantasy world when she plays no purpose in the real world.

You're bang on about movie snobbery and foreign cinema. I had been apprehensive about seeing PL on the basis of the hype it received at the Oscars, I thought it may have been a half-hearted atempt to get behind a foreign language film that might not have been up to the standard of other, better films, foreign or not. I was happy to be proved wrong.

But yes, world cinema gets more praise than it deserves and Hollywood gets a rough time. France produces as much rubbish (Baise Moi) as it does masterpieces (La Haine) and so does America. If someone doesn't go and see 'Birth' because it's got Nicole Kidman in it (and I know a few), then it's their loss.

Posted By: tim berry on July 11th 2007 at 20:20:21

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I just saw La Vie en Rose, it's well good. (General Chat) - tim berry, Jul 11, 19:55:54
- that's not what mark kermode said (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jul 11, 20:06:35
  - Lot's of things happened to people during the war that didn't actually involve war. (General Chat) - tim berry, Jul 11, 20:24:20
    - I used to sing the letters of our club's name to the choon of La V e R (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 11, 20:29:35
  - I am really not fond of Mark Commode (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 11, 20:08:56
    - I really like listening to him. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 11, 20:13:48
      - There's anothe r one, called Jon/justin/jason Solomon(s) (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 11, 20:17:30
- You never answered my post about Pam's Labrimff (n/m) (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 11, 19:57:30
  - That's because I didn't see your post... What did you say about it? (n/m) (General Chat) - tim berry, Jul 11, 20:00:13
    - Uh...... I went on at some length, as it goes (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 11, 20:01:14
      - here you go (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 11, 20:05:09
        
        Good post. (General Chat) - tim berry, Jul 11, 20:20:21
        
        I love love loved La Haine. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 11, 20:23:15
        
        I thought the uterine imagary was a bit heavy handed. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 11, 20:08:08
        
        there wasn't much of that but hwat there was (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 11, 20:09:34
        
        It was the crawling into the womb/tree bit. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 11, 20:11:10
        
        Ah - of course (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 11, 20:12:15
  - Don't go looking for it now, mind, it was weeks ago (n/m) (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 11, 20:00:08

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