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Posted by Gunther Gloop on 02/13/06 18:31
To my shame, it was only today that I saw A Very Long Engagement for the
first time.
It definitely hasn't had anywhere near as much credit as it deserves.
I wasn't crazy about Amelie to be honest, but City of Lost Children is one
of my favourites of all time. Most people seem to prefer Delicatessen -and I
agree that is lovely in lots of ways too.
But anyway, A Very Long Engagement for me is possibly the greatest World War
I movie ever. It doesn't dwell on the day-to-day action (or lack of it) in
the trenches, but instead deals with how people slowly and inevitably
continued to live and exist following that war.
Still, it's not depressing stuff. Very funny in places, in fact.
Looks beautiful, as to be expected.
The movie can be quite confusing at times, though, and the subtitles on the
version I saw (2-disc R2) are quite fast, adding to the confusion. The story
is complex, with lots of names and (for me) similar-type faces cast about
all over the place.
This made it all the harder to fully appreciate the look and sound of the
movie, but I think it also shows how confusing and disorientating it must
have been for people at that time to find answers to their own questions of
exactly what happened the men who never returned... (I mean, not that they
had to read quick subtitles, but that the subtitles here increase the sense
of confusion -not always in a bad way).
Anyway... just wanted to say... If you haven't already... go see it now.
-Kevin.
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