Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer
by Tom Tykwer
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Actor: Alan Rickman, Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Francesc Albiol, Gonzalo CunillDirector: Tom Tykwer
Brand: Paramount
Writer: Tom Tykwer
Producer: Andreas Grosch
Producer: Andreas Schmid
Producer: Bernd Eichinger
Writer: Bernd Eichinger
Writer: Andrew Birkin
Writer: Patrick S?skind
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 147 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-07-24
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Movie Reviews of Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer
Movie Review: Weirdest Movie I have ever seen
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a must see! I can't say if it was good or bad - just that it is a very, very strange movie. Great cast, great acting. You MUST watch until the very end. I was tempted to stop it when I thought it was over, but there was still more. I guarantee, you will be talking about it with your friends the next day.
Summary of Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer
Based on the bestselling novel, "Perfume" is a story of an obsession so overwhelming that it leads to murder. In18th-century France lived Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw), who was born with a phenomenal sense of smell. But as his gift becomes an obsession, he strives to create the most intoxicating perfume in the world by murdering young women to capture their essence.Based on Patrick Suskind's novel about a serial killer who hunts victims with his superhuman sense of smell, Perfume: Story of a Murderer is a florid, grisly portrayal of this historical drama set in 18th century France. Jean-Baptiste Grunuis (Ben Whishaw) is born under his mother's table at the fish market, onto a pile of muddy fish guts, establishing from the beginning his repulsion for putrid scents. A childhood of neglect and, later, a job at a tannery, encourage Jean-Baptiste to develop his olfactory sense rather than his verbal skills, so that an opportunity to prove his worth to Parisian perfumist, Giuseppe Baldini (Dustin Hoffman), results in his immediate hire into a promising new career. His successes in perfume mixing are negated by a blinding obsession for capturing the sublime beauty of human soul, which in his twisted logic requires the killing of young women to reduce their body fats to essential oils for the ultimate, cannibalized eau de parfum. An omniscient narrator tells the story with much sympathy for Jean-Baptiste's perverted psychology, making it, often, too obvious that his need for love justifies his murderous desire to capture misguided sexual attractions in a vile. Continuous close-ups of Grunius's nose, countered by close-ups of the places and objects he smells, enhance the viewer's understanding of his sensitivity. Repeated comparisons are made between the killer and dogs who aid, then expose his sick experimentation. The settings are fascinating, especially Baldini's perfumery and some later scenes in enflorage factories outside Provence. Whishaw's and Hoffman's performances are both grand. But Perfume unnecessarily spells out Jean-Baptiste's psychosis, squelching any chance for metaphor. This is unfortunate, considering the story's paradoxical nature. As this crude hunter navigates his way through a world of utmost delicacy, one craves ambiguity rather than explanation. --Trinie Dalton
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