I'm hooked about this wonderful movie.
I find it captivating, charming and yet intriguing and uncertain. And most of all: very intimate.
There are many non-spoken scenes in which, subtlety, through camera position, Truffaut makes us identify with Lachenay's role. By this means, unveils the feelings of the two main characters.
In some situations, i believe it is fair to say that words sometimes obscure and distort, so images can express by itself clearly in order to get an effective impact on the viewer.
I would have liked to know which was Truffaut's intention about Lachenay's character. I found him undecided, erratic, inconclusive and ultimately weak, behind a successful and intellectual masquerade, which in turn it could be probably a widespread attitude in such situations. As a consequence, it takes place some brilliant and suspenseful scenes in which two lovers are involved, but but only one is displayed on the screen, due to Lachenay's unwillingness to be together.
The rising tension is due to the director creates a situation in which, in the end, turns out to be unattainable.
With a clear Hitchcock's influence, it is (since my point of view), the best film of Franciose Truffaut.
9/10
I find it captivating, charming and yet intriguing and uncertain. And most of all: very intimate.
There are many non-spoken scenes in which, subtlety, through camera position, Truffaut makes us identify with Lachenay's role. By this means, unveils the feelings of the two main characters.
In some situations, i believe it is fair to say that words sometimes obscure and distort, so images can express by itself clearly in order to get an effective impact on the viewer.
I would have liked to know which was Truffaut's intention about Lachenay's character. I found him undecided, erratic, inconclusive and ultimately weak, behind a successful and intellectual masquerade, which in turn it could be probably a widespread attitude in such situations. As a consequence, it takes place some brilliant and suspenseful scenes in which two lovers are involved, but but only one is displayed on the screen, due to Lachenay's unwillingness to be together.
The rising tension is due to the director creates a situation in which, in the end, turns out to be unattainable.
With a clear Hitchcock's influence, it is (since my point of view), the best film of Franciose Truffaut.
9/10