Tavernier has done far better.
The premise for this film is good enough. Bored, spoiled, numb, teenagers live in a Cinema-induced fairyland where all that counts is lots of money and success in the USA.
Once this is made all too clear, (and rather clumsily considering it's aTavernier movie), the story drags along to it's obvious end.
I pity the 3 young leads, who really do their best. Especially the young female lead.
But what I see here is another vehicle for an ageing 'intellectual' with a penchant for naked young actresses. And that's embarrassing.
Even more so because B. T. wants to make some easy social commentary regarding youth crime in bourgeois echelons of Society (as a pose to Lower-Class thieves and murderers).
Basically this is a remake of a far more striking Godard film from the 60ies, mixed in with Chabrol themes.
The film is not all that bad.
Tavernier reveals more about himself than about 'modern youth'. Getting old as a 'voyeur'.
The premise for this film is good enough. Bored, spoiled, numb, teenagers live in a Cinema-induced fairyland where all that counts is lots of money and success in the USA.
Once this is made all too clear, (and rather clumsily considering it's aTavernier movie), the story drags along to it's obvious end.
I pity the 3 young leads, who really do their best. Especially the young female lead.
But what I see here is another vehicle for an ageing 'intellectual' with a penchant for naked young actresses. And that's embarrassing.
Even more so because B. T. wants to make some easy social commentary regarding youth crime in bourgeois echelons of Society (as a pose to Lower-Class thieves and murderers).
Basically this is a remake of a far more striking Godard film from the 60ies, mixed in with Chabrol themes.
The film is not all that bad.
Tavernier reveals more about himself than about 'modern youth'. Getting old as a 'voyeur'.