Given the reputation this film has (winning all five major awards at the Academy Awards, including Best Picture) and being considered as the "first romcom" I was expecting... something better.
I mean the film is beautifully shot, the acting and chemistry between Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert is "great" at times, but I couldn't get past the fact that this film is so dated. I simply couldn't sympathize with Gable's character, being so sexist and violent for no reason, nor…
Ooof. Young Richard Gere in this, wow.
I found interest in Paul Schrader's work in the last few days and I think his films, as a director, are so criminally underrated and misinterpreted. I love the tone of this film. Blondie's song, "Call Me". Armani. Mystery.
Richard Gere plays a male escort, a man who has nothing in life. A plaything, a distraction for older, wealthy women: the perfect culprit when one of his client is mysteriously murdered.
The theme…
First of all, I'm not really a fan of Godard. I don't understand the appeal of most of his films. The dialogue is often hard to follow (and I speak french myself, can you imagine?). It was often the case in this film, and I often found myself thinking: "What's going on? Why are they talking about this? Did I miss something? He's still trying to convince her to have sex with him?!". When I think about this film, I…
