Watching La Collectionneuse was sort of a paradigm shifter for my Rohmer memories. I think I was so young that I saw the men of Claire’s Knee and Love in the Afternoon and reasoned they seemed weird because they were adults and therefore outside of my understanding. Now, watching a Rohmer Man as an Adult, I can see they’re weird because they’re fucking weird. They suck. They’re awful. If anything when I was thirteen I probably saw them reflect a similar level of emotional maturity back at me. Maybe this is what arrested me, then. idk. Pretty good movie anyway.
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c’est the une
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For the past three Fridays, I have been streaming Rohmer films. Let me tell you, he does not run out of shitty men. He must have a journal full of new guys to hate. It has been interesting to see him transition from writing confessional narration to confessional dialogue. All these guys want to explain themselves in a way that proves they have done nothing wrong, but really they just damn themselves all the more.
His sense of humor is impeccable. I was not expecting to straight up guffaw at so many points.
There is only one moral tale remaining. I wonder what wisdom our protagonist will cultivate this time.
BTW @Tulpa , the actor who played Perceval showed up in Claire’s Knee playing his part perfectly.
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One of my favourite aspects of his films is that he lets his characters be wrong and stupid without making a big show of it. It’s much funnier this way. They’re funny movies, they’re almost all comedies in the most straightforward sense!
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local theater that does 35mm rep screenings is showing La Collectionneuse soon, their blurb about it says “You don’t turn to Rohmer for lols”. bullshit!
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I have loled at almost every one of his films!
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Rohmer club returned last night for one of Eric’s most idiosyncratic films, Perceval. I saw this two years ago. It was my first and only Rohmer film.
I had forgotten how long it was.
As difficult it was for me to stay awake–and there’s a much bigger reason for my sleepiness–I adore this film. It has a rotating cast playing multiple roles, including a chorus. The sets look like Playmobil castles. Even with all the stylistic changes, it manages to stay true to Rohmerian themes. There is a man who sucks, unsexy sexual situations, and a aura of Catholicity. It is also French.
I want to thank @HOBO for being so generous and letting me take up Friday nights. I hope people have enjoyed these as much as I have.
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I implore anyone who liked Perceval or even The Marquise of O to watch one of the best films of the 00s
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This sounds blue-hot.
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I’m in love with how that movie looked, it was fuckin’ hypnotic, I am def watching it again, I don’t care how long it is!! I love Rohmer Club!!
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watching this one today, jean renoir and henri langlois talking about lumiere, directed by rohmer
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I even watched a couple of his TV spots but I missed this!
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Woah, his alleged birthday is coming up on the 21st. We should watch a film together. I would selfishly choose The Green Ray but it sounds like lots of people have already seen it. Poll time:
- The Green Ray
- something else
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I know everybody is wondering if I’m gonna stream anything tonight and the answer is no. I accidentally double booked tonight! Oh well, today probably isn’t even his real birthday!
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