La Vallee (aka "The Valley Obscured By Clouds")
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Movie Reviews of La Vallee (aka "The Valley Obscured By Clouds")
Movie Review: Movie goes no where
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie gets 3 stars only because of the acting, filmwork, and music. But the storyline is uneventful and doesn't go anywhere. It's really not that trippy or amazing. I don't know what people are talking about. And usually I am the positive thinker. Do yourself a favor and get something else.Movie Review: Pink Floyd II
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie was purchased as part of a collection of Pink Floyd works. This one being slightly more tasteful than Z-point. however most of it's in French, so Sub-titles, for me was important. Still the over all theme left me only thinking of the sound tract.Movie Review: La Valle - no english subtitles
Summary: 3 Stars
The move is a classic, specially by lovers of Pink Floyd music. But, there is no subtittle in english, so the move is spoken in french, I could understood few dialogs.Movie Review: The Soundtrack is of course Brilliant!
Summary: 3 Stars
The movie was okay, not a lot happens....the soundtrack of course is one of my favorite Floyd albums, it is a must have for any serious Floyd fan.Movie Review: This film is obscured by clouds...
Summary: 2 Stars
Thinking back to my initial viewing of La Vallee back in 2004, I was taken by its charm and adventurous journey of discovery. Having seen it again this year, I'm much more critical of its faults.
First of all, the pace is excruciatingly slow. Rather simple scenes drag on forever. A lot of brushing up and editing could have been done to make things move at a more even pace. Secondly, there's a lot of plot points and scenes that don't really make much internal sense. Young, rich, beautiful socialite Viviane decides to just leave her comfortable life and husband because some dorky early 70's hippie is cute and happens to be on a quest? Come on. There's also a drawn-out "Huh?" moment when Viviane's rented plane takes off...does a slow bank back around to the runway...and lands again. Hey Viviane, why not just change your mind before you got on it 3 minutes earlier? There's also a completely unnecessary slaughter scene of three pigs. I'm not particularly squeemish, but it seemed a bit over the top. There's also an abundance of nudity and sex; just like most late 60's/early 70's films, it's none too subtle with the "Hey look! Nudity!" approach.
Pink Floyd's score work is used sparingly, and never longer than a minute at a time. The album soundtrack is a lot better than the film.
Overall...I like the film's imagery and the themes in the story (loss of innocence, enlightenment, society and laws, the inner journey), but the film is simply too weighted down in 1972 to stand out today. If you saw it on its original run in the 70's and have a soft spot for Floyd and nostalgia, add an extra star to my review.