La Belle Noiseuse
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Movie Reviews of La Belle Noiseuse
Movie Review: Don't Let "240 minutes" Keep You Away!
Summary: 4 Stars
If you haven't seen Jacques Rivette's "La Belle Noiseuse" I think it's worth a watch.
Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, and Emmanuelle Béart in a story about a painter and how he gets his groove back.
A long film which will sound incredibly boring when I tell you there are sustained sequences in which we just see sketching, but it is surprisingly engaging just because of those sequences, which turn out to be very dramatic.
4 hours, yes. But it doesn't suffer much if you divide it up over a few days, and since there are few plot points, well, you'll pick up where you left off easily.
Movie Review: Lucious
Summary: 4 Stars
Emmanuelle Béart is a most pleasing eye- and, assuredly, luscious armful and her eyes really flash with emotion. The first part is rather too long.
The end reminds me of an anecdote about Graf Bobby, old Viennas best-known fun-figure, charming and slightly excentric, when he commissioned a painting of a grand and luxurious bed etc, etc. I believe I have a copy of the book about him somewhere in my library.
Back to the film: the truth may not be shown.
Movie Review: Maurice
Summary: 4 Stars
I saw this movie during its theatrical release years ago. I wanted to see how it measured up against today's standards. It is still an interesting and compelling picture.Movie Review: A word before it's released
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a 4-hour French film, and I have seen the VHS version. Although the film is generally criticized for being way too long and boring, I personally found the film very appealing. I enjoyed the slow pacing. The film definitely involves the viewer, and 4 hours later, you feel like you really know these characters, who now have a life of their own. There is a substantial amount of nudity in the film, but it's more about posing for an artist than about sex. This is, in fact, an art film, not a mainstream film. As such, it delves into human emotion as much as it paints the beauty of the female form. I'm giving this film, in advance of its DVD release, 3 stars because it is being released in standard format, which is an insult to any film, and because it may not appeal to the average mainstream viewer, who may be too impatient to watch all 4 hours of it. But for me, it will be a welcome addition to my limited collection of French films.I absolutely agree with everything said by the 5-star reviewer (except for the statement about this being released in its orginal format, which is apparently erroneous). But having read contemporary French language critiques of this film, and having dicussed it with a few of my French friends (who mostly complained about its length), I still believe that the average mainstream non-French viewer will probably find the film a bit too long and boring. Fans of art film in general, and French films in particular, will definitely treasure it, though. Include me in.
Movie Review: A lot like homework
Summary: 3 Stars
When I'm self-delusional, I say I liked this movie. A more honest assessment is that I like the idea of this movie. I would agree that the length of La Belle Noiseuse is necessary to convey its message; I just wish that there was a way to have a neural implant of the memory of the movie (ala Total Recall) instead of actually having to watch it. It is a lot like homework—you’re glad for having the knowledge, and nothing can replace it, but wouldn’t it be nice to not have to do it?
La Belle Noiseuse is an important movie. But much like the art of painting it depicts, watching the art of this film is a brutal, exhausting experience.