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As pretentious as the obtuse title would lead you to believe it is. Andrej Zulawski's film appears like an attempt by a student of Bunuel to emulate Bergman after he had just watched Kubrick's "The Shining" as evidenced by the cavernous hotel location, bellhop ghost, and men in animal costume. I definitely appreciated the bizarre aspects which kept things interesting, like a guy sitting down in the middle of a city street to carry on a conversation with his agent, when he takes a bath fully dressed in his white suit, and the girl's wholly dysfunctional entourage. Unfortunately the main character played by Jacques Dutronc is so morose that he drains my willing spirit away with every utterance and pained expression. He also has a maddening method of speech, rambling off unrelated phrases in a word game only he can follow. Additionally, Zulawski posits that if you experience a childhood trauma, your adult life will be forever ruined from the scarring. Way to completely discredit the capabilities of the human psyche there. Thankfully the luminous Sophie Marceau is present to rescue the attention during the meandering scenes. She gives a captivating performance as a striptease psychic and has never been more naked on film before or since. Zulawski uses an intrusive amount of extreme closeups of people we'd rather be get far away from to make their misery our own, but the technique is sporadically successful like during a long emotional love scene in which the viewer feels intimately involved in the act to the point of discomfort.
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
02/23/23
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Given the Zulawski retrospective going on in Los Angeles, I have been revisiting many of Zulawksi's films, wanting to see if I hold the same opinions I once did. After re-watching 'My Nights are More Beautiful Than Your Days', I have decided that this could very well be my favorite of his films. Zulawski's french film on love is an emoting, frantic, wholly fascinating on what the intricacies of love bring to any relationship. The first thing that stands out, which I never seemed to notice before, is just how little of his frantic cinematography actually exists in this film. Instead, Zulawksi has created a frantic, emotionally resonant film without the need, but it's definitely still crazy; just more so from a script standpoint. Many viewers could find the films style abrasive but if one is willing to get past that, this film completely captures all the doubts, pain, suffering, and compassion which come with love. Zulawski paints a picture where the lines between love and misery are blurred, as to show how they are not mutually exclusive. This being said, its not a pessimistic film by any means; it's just honest and as strange as it sounds, it's a very sweet film in sections. While it's defenitely an abrupt style, I always find myself thinking "What If" after this film. As in, What if people wore their emotions and feelings on their sleeves like they do in this film... World would probably be a better place
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/17/23
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A stunningly beautiful and poetic film.
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
02/18/23
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Great acting. But mathar ektu upor diye gese. French women are so beautiful.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
01/14/23
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Dieorientating and disconcerting until at least half way through when the smoke begins to clear a bit. The basic problem is that the audience doesn't really have anywhere to hang their hat. Frantic and, Sophie Marceau apart, not much fun, although oddly moving by the end
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
02/05/23
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I need to rewatch Possession to determine if this is my new favorite Zulawski. I guess stylistically Possession is the better film but this one is all about two people being driven mad by the confusion and irrationality of love, a theme I identify with completely. Sophie Marceau is the most beautiful actress I have ever seen. The ending confused me a bit and like all Zulawskis it demands repeat viewing, but I definitely was entranced by this film.
EDIT: Possession is just a much tighter film, way better executed. MNaMBtYD is a very good film with great emotion behind it, just sloppy.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
02/26/23
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