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codyw1 wrote:To me, I'm not sure it's just even about being a teenager, to be honest. I think it's about being a human being. Either that, or I'm just emotionally retarded, since I'm neither gay nor a teenager, and I completely relate to both of them!
lobabu wrote:In the past, I had the same feeling with a film by Rob Reiner: "Stand by me"
kant1781 wrote:... sniplobabu wrote:In the past, I had the same feeling with a film by Rob Reiner: "Stand by me"
Salut lobabu. The Rob Reiner connection is exactly right! "Stand By Me" affected me deeply when I grew up. There's another one - again, completely different, and dark because of its historical setting, but with the same power: "Au revoir les enfants" by Louis Malle.
lobabu wrote:Moodysson and Reiner have some very different style but a common view. I think they diply like teenaggers and they only want to show and not demonstrate. They don't say: "Oh, look at these poor boys or poor girls, the life is strongh for them, please take your handkerchief and cry..." Its' more simple, more delicate, more real and that's why I think those film touch me very much
"Stand by me" is at the end of the 50' or the beginning of the 60' and FA in the last 90'. But, in fact, they could be happened yesterday, tomorow or in 10 years. This universal aspect is very interesting.
kant1781 wrote:...and one of my favourite ones too. I loved "L'ascenseur pour l'échafaud" (who doesn't), but I especially adore "Les amants", "Zazie dans le métro" and "Milou en mai".
Yes, I knew about the connection to "Lacombe Lucien". The character of Joseph from "Au revoir..." was supposed to be a kind of reincarnation of that personnage.
I'll stop comparing the two films now (because you're right, they are far apart), just one last little thing: Just like in Fucking Åmål, the two young lead actors in "Au revoir les enfants", Gaspard Manesse and Raphael Fejtö (I never forgot their names), maybe 14 years old then, gave a haunting, unbelievably brilliant, authentic and touching performance in this film - and then disappared from cinema completely.
lobabu wrote:I saw you give your adress on the site. If it's still correct (and if you are ok, of course), I'll send you directly my impressions on your essay...
Agnes&Elin Forever! wrote:Regarding good or bad and moral judgement of FÅ and Moodysson, the film is about teenagers.
They do stupid things sometimes and have moodswings, they still have good hearts.
And FÅ is ultimately a very sweet film, it could certainly have ended up much harsher with another director in charge I think.
But maybe you were mostly refering to this film by Louis Malle?
I haven't seen this myself.
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