Camille Claudel
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Movie Reviews of Camille Claudel
Movie Review: A Movie That Generates Heated Discussion
Summary: 5 Stars
If you want to get into an engrossing conversation, watch this movie with friends or lend it to them. There are so many heated issues lurking here. How many women artists, like Claudel, were exploited by the only "acceptable" artists of prior centuries, namely men? For Rodin clearly steals from Claudel and no one even disputes it. Next, what drove Claudel to madness and did her edge-of-breakdown personality work for her in her art work? It is quite possible that "made" her art more than any other factor. No one will ever know. Third, what would the effects of modern modern medicine have on Claudel if she were an artist among us now? Would she still go mad or would modern drugs save her? Would she even take modern drugs since many of today's artists will not take them, believing they will be robbed of their creativity. Finally, what did she really look like because no one could possibly look as good as Isabelle Adjani who plays her, right? I looked at her photos on the web and suprisingly found her to be an equally gorgeous woman when in her prime. I guarantee that you won't be able to shut up once you get going on discussing "Camille Claudel." If you are a woman artist, prepare to be up all night.Movie Review: Passionate, Creative and Tragic, A True Art Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I began watching this film on a late night of insomnia....it didn't help me to sleep and that's a good thing!Isabelle Adjani artfully plays real life French sculpturess, Camille Claudel. She displays pure emotion and passionate reactions such that she is completely believable as the tragic yet talented Claudel. Claudel becomes Auguste Rodin's assistant and eventual lover/muse. They fight and compete for fame together and seperately with Claudel always the more talented but underscored by Rodin's jealously and fierce connections to the art world. In the end Claudel succumbs to a broken and ravaged heart betrayed in many ways by her one true love, Rodin.
I recently returned from a trip to Paris and having seen first hand the sculptures created by Claudel and Rodin I am even more impressed with this tragic story of talented yet conflicted artists. To see the obvious gentleness with which Claudel can carve marble and to feel the warmth that stems from a slab of cold stone left me mesmerized by her talent. Rodin appears clumsy and inept next to her creations despite his world reknown fame. I will always wonder what a woman of her talent could have created had she been alive today and not under the influence of an egotistical maniac!
Movie Review: The Demonic Genius of the Artist
Summary: 5 Stars
Bruno Nuytten's film on the life and times of Camille Claudel (Isabelle Adjani) and her mentor/lover Auguste Rodin (Gerard Depardieu.) A well directed film that follows the female artist's humble beginnings as Rodin's assistant and lover to her later achievements as a great sculptress and artist.
The film focuses on Camille's development as a character rather than being a shallow biographical film of her work. The film explores her relationship with Rodin and how his infidelities led her to feel used and abandoned. The film shows how her parting with Rodin opened the doors of her creativity and talent as a sculptress in her own right. The film closely associates her genius as an artist with her mental disintegration until she is confined to a mental asylum in the later part of her life.
This is a great film and both Adjani and Depardieu play their roles very well. The film is a careful psychological study of both artists and what inspired their talents in making such great works of art. I strongly recommend this film to anyone who is interested in art, history, or just good drama.
Movie Review: Adjani is one of the supreme goddess in acting and beauty!
Summary: 5 Stars
Isabelle Adjani has been blessed by the Greek Gods . She has an enormous talent , sideral beauty and radiant magnetism in screen .
She has been nominated just for two roles in which the madness has been a common denominator : The story of Adelle H and this work.
Adjani plays the role of a sculptress and the film tells about the slow process of decay and madness of this artist . Depardieu as Auguste Rodin is magnificent but she literally steals the show and really convinces us .
Consider this superb sextet : Simone Signoret (the best french actress in the XX century) , Catherine Deneuve , Isabelle Adjani , Isabelle Hupert , Natalie Baye and Fanny Ardant and you will have the complete team of french top actress in the seventies and middle of the eighties .
The film is wonderfully directed with a superb artistic direction and even best photograph .
One adittional proof the cinema is the seventh art by far .
Movie Review: 'Camille' est magnifique!
Summary: 5 Stars
As a French major, this is an excellent film. The language is clear (the nudity is a little inappropriate for some ages, though). I've seen this film twice some months apart and each time it was certainly engaging.The pace was a little frustrating near the end, but considering the topic at hand (the demise of a promising artist), it is understandable. What does make an impression are the images. Many of the scenes have almost a photographic quality - very nice cinematography. The relationship between Camille and Rodin is very full of little nuances that keep the viewer engaged, too.
This is a great film for pleasure, an art classroom or a history class. Obviously, francophiles would love it, were they to see it!