Water Lilies

[DMt.]

Last count I saw before they pulled it today [3rd party copyright claim, probably Koch Lorber] was 1.3+ million views. Should be worth a few DVD sales, then...?

[fish]

...they pulled it today...

Boooooo!

What a shame.
I guess at least it was seen over a million times, hopefully by a (mainly ) appreciative audience.

[DMt.]

NdP's premiere was at Cannes, 17th May 2007 [imdb].

The film was evidently shot in 2006, then, since it's set in summer. Celine S says, [in a Director's Notes podcast] that l'Acquart was 14 when they met.

So the 17 Dec '92 birthdate can't be right; it would mean Pauline was 13, not 14, in the summer of 2006, and wouldn't turn 14 until the December.

18 July '91 until further notice, then...

[fish]

A fine piece of detective w*rk there Dave.


Louise Blachère lands a nice left uppercut.
(Tagged on a Facebook page.... but I lost it. )

[DMt.]

Wow, Louise, way to drop the puppy-fat!

Thanks, fish; it's all pretty speculative still TBH, but we must do what we can with the available data.

[fish]

Nothing wrong with a bit of speculation.
If it doesn't w*rk out you can always say it was a conspiracy against you.
Everyone believes conspiracy theories.

Louise in the white top.

[Dahls]

Two days ago I found a water lilies dvd in my mailbox, tonight I can finally watch it!

Saw it once on youtube a couple of months ago, but thats just not the same. Cant belive it took two months for me to order it , its such a nice film.

[DMt.]

The slightly surreal atmosphere of some scenes is greatly enhanced by running them at x0.67 speed [or even x0.5]...

[Dahls]

Thanks for the tip. Will do that the next time I watch it.

[DMt.]

Favourite scenes will probably differ from person to person; but as I've said before, the film is so rich in fleeting nuances of expression, and slo-mo brings them all out...

[DMt.]

http://www.afterellen.com/movies/2008/4/waterlilies?page=0%2C1&fb_source=message#comment-490832

Lots of good NdP commentary and interpretation here.

I particularly liked the bit about how, if you can resist seeing the whole film as if you're Marie, Floriane's denied attraction to her becomes obvious...


[Difficult though it may be to take one's eyes off l'Acquart when she is onscreen]

[katka]

It's really interesting there. I read some comments from the top to the down and again I was enriched. Some analytics was really true.

[DMt.]

Your enjoyment makes me happy too.

[fish]

Wow. Ediana has really made a study of NdP and made some very astute observations.
Nicely done.

Another reason ( ) to watch it again.

[DMt.]

Please tell me - does this work on your machine? [Glitches, stutters etc]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/19753485@N00/8044151169/in/photostream