I wish you could step out of yourself and just look

[jchrisobrien]

When I finished watching the Dreamers on Wednesday, I wasn't sure that I liked it.  The movies seemed to have an ambiguous ending for me.  The subject matter was a little unsettling, but far from the most shocking movies I've seen.  After reflecting on it a while longer, I decided that it did have a definite ending.  It just didn't like the choices that people made in the end.  I felt bad about his loss, her fear, and his poor judgement.  The bottom line was that I cared about tha characters.  To me, that is a trademark of a good film.

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[crinhead.livejournal.com]

i bought The Dreamers.

i had the same exact reaction to it the first time i saw it. when the credits started rolling, i was literally leaning forward in my seat. like, that's it? i felt like nothing i saw disturbed me nearly as much as it should have, and i just didn't feel like anything was resolved.

and then, i couldn't stop thinking about it. now, i'm fairly convinced that if it had ended any other way, it wouldn't have been as good.

also, the cinematography was stunning. Bertolucci has more of a sense of mise en scene than just about anyone around today. and the bits where they all re-enact scenes from black and white films were priceless.

NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE!

[silas7.livejournal.com]

A number of people hated the film as filthy and disgusting. I have to admit that it didn't really bug me at all. I think people are so conditioned to equate nudity with pornography they can't get their heads around watching people walk around naked. Throw in all the cock shots and some semi-incest and people start FA-REAK-ING OUT.

The life the three of them lived was just like a dream, and the final scene showed what happened when they woke up.

Reading the comments on IMDB remind me of how stupid and hateful people can be. Sad little fuckers.

[clayrobeson.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with everything you said there. The cinematography was FANTASTIC. And the ending verged on unsatisfying, but if it had been different it wouldn't have been true to what the characters had established about themselves.

[silas7.livejournal.com]

I agree. It was a necessary ending, if not the happiest one.

[talesinsdaughtr.livejournal.com]

Some of my friends went to see that when it was in theatres. I've wondered if I should check it out myself...

[silas7.livejournal.com]

Yes, you should. I think you can appreciate it.