A Man and a Woman
|
Our Price: $71.99 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $46.95 (click here) Category: DVD See more DVD releases |
|---|
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
Movie Reviews of A Man and a Woman
Movie Review: Fantastic
Summary: 5 Stars
Loved it as much as when I first saw it on the big screen at the Wintergarden in Sydney way back in the 60'sMovie Review: Great
Summary: 5 Stars
The DVD was shipped on time,,wrapped up pretty good to prtect it while being shipped,,and arrived quickley.Movie Review: cool !!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an unforgetable movie - maybe for the fabulous soundtrack and the clean photo art! It's a MUST!Movie Review: A Man and a Woman
Summary: 5 Stars
The CD was in good condition. The price was a little high but worth it to me. ThanksMovie Review: A Challenging yet Rewarding Love Story
Summary: 4 Stars
I realized that there was a reason that I recalled "A Man and a Woman"; a film I'd never seen before. It's theme became somewhat of hit back in the late 1960's. I'm glad I finally watched the film because this is a very good movie. The reason I liked it was because of its' ability to tell a unique love story.
We meet a couple of individuals just as they are meeting each other. Their relationship emerges from each person's tragic previous relationship. We get this information in a series of video recollections that each shares with the other. As their relationship grows, much is unspoken and we see the subtle hints that each picks up on. The director, Claude LeLouch, keeps this from being a run-of-the-mill love story by throwing in a somewhat surprizing twist towards the end. That leads to a conclusion that I thought was just the right way to say the right thing.
The reservations that I have with "A Man and a Woman" is the elite aspect of the characters. These are the "Beautiful People" who live in the fast lane of exclusive professions. They each have a young child in boarding school (that's how they meet) and the children are beautiful and well-behaved. That's surprizing since the parents are never all that sure if they'll be by to visit the kids from one weekend to the next. I gripe about this because this could have been a love story that everyone could relate to. The theme of "love the second time around" has been done before but the way this movie suceeds is by acknowledging the importance of the first love. LaLouch's need to portray the woman's first love as some ideal, one-of-a-kind, super man deminishes the rest of us in comparison. Couldn't the first spouse have been a mechanic, accountant, or bus driver. Couldn't we have had characters and life styles we could relate to? Oh well, I confess that I enjoyed watching Anouk Aimee in her lead role. Sure beats Marjorie Main. I was very comfortable with the overall message I took away from "A Man and a Woman"