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Audience Member I mean, what's the point of this movie if not to just look at the chemistry between Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg? This film is where they met, and the spark is intense- not just for them but for the audience towards them. The film itself is silly if not bizarre-- an older married man falls for an 18 year old girl (who essentially has the mind of a 10 year old girl in a lot of ways)... it's certainly 'of its time' in a lot of respects, though I have to say nobody really leaves this film unscathed. It's fairly damning of its protagonist Serge, showing him as sleazy and short sighted in his choices of women. While it's wince-inducing to watch the scenes of her screaming and crying in his face, I wondered if it's almost counter-intuitively powerful to show her like this; she proves to be too untamable for Serge's fantasy of her and in the end leaves him because of his inability to treat her like an equal (or perhaps a human). However, the movie really shines in its sense of humor, music and craziness more than anything else. There's some genuine laugh out loud moments ("Hello, this is my homewrecker. Oh by the way, that was my mother") that I didn't expect from a film like this. There's also some cringe-worthy moments (specifically him hitting her, though you can't say it was unrealistic). But for the most part, a really fun and ridiculous film with a perfect cast. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member "See, Im like you. When Im not amazingly happy, I go away. I go away."--Evelyne. I had to buy it to see it. Worthy of its cult status. With Jane at her most beautiful & Serge at his... um, most productive lol. Quite entertaining for a light 70s flick, it doesnt feel dated at all. Some interesting shots of Venice too. Luv JB always. Note: the version I bought had nudity so I dont know why Flixster has it rated PG. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review eric b Your reaction to "Slogan" will entirely depend on your degree of fascination with Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. There's really no other reason to see the film. Even a fondness for '60s French cinema hardly matters. It's fitting that Serge's character, Serge Faberge, shoots TV commercials. Because the whole movie is produced in that style. Daytime lighting, glamorous locations, romantic closeups and rapid cuts. And lots of fine dining. All that's missing is the perfume bottle. Faberge is an award-winning writer/director in the advertising racket, currently heading a campaign for a macho aftershave called Scar. He's comfortably married, but one woman is never enough for these charismatic European scoundrels. And once he glimpses skinny Evelyne (Birkin) in an elevator, he's hooked. He and his jaded wife edge toward divorce, while Evelyne's outgoing lover grumbles. Elsewhere, Evelyne's attentions also stray to a carefree hunk with a speedboat (a daredevil boat run through Venetian canals is the film's most entertaining scene). That's essentially the plot. Juliet Berto ("Celine and Julie Go Boating," multiple Jean-Luc Godard films) is wasted in a bit part as Serge's assistant, finding herself the victim of his mysterious talent for making things disappear with a finger snap. Serge vainly worries about growing too old for the young lasses, while Evelyne is prone to explosive crying fits that sometimes make sense and always stretch Birkin's weak dramatic skills. (Gainsbourg fares a little better as an actor, unsurprising since his public persona was generally such a contrivance.) Birkin was obviously cast for her beauty, since she had little film experience and didn't even speak French. But meeting her co-star led to a subsequent 11-year marriage. Naturally, Gainsbourg also composed the soundtrack, which mostly consists of frisky percussion grooves and varying instrumental takes on "La Chanson de Slogan" (eventually sung by him and Birkin over the closing credits). But what was the point of that car accident, beyond flaunting the makeup department's inability to create convincing bloody bandages? Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member French film about an aging advertising man that meets a young woman and decides to leave his wife and kids to pursue her. The outcome is expected but still doesn't take away from watching Gainsbourg be the coolest man on the planet. Birkin did actually end up becoming Gainsbourg's wife in real life. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Serge's best perfomance in a film, one of his coolest soundtracks too. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member A piece of French New Wave trash that almost reaches guilty pleasure status in my book, primarily for how dizzyingly ridiculous it is. The story jump-cuts through so many events at different time periods without explanation, I completely gave up even bothering to put together a story from it, other than the obvious fact that Serge Gainsbourg divorces his wife after he has an affair with Jane Birkin. It's trashy like a ten cent romance novel and Gainsbourg is all kinds of drunk and a womanizer here (which isn't that far removed from reality). This was just bizarre and I've seen David Lynch movies that have made more sense in terms of events unfolding in a narrative. See it and be baffled for yourself! Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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