There are some interesting IMDb reviews offering quality observations about this film, but the handful that critique it as a tad bland and unsatisfying are spot on. This is the only Rohmer film I've seen as I write this, and I'll be watching The Collector next, thanks to Turner Classic Movies. I'm hoping they air the rest of the Rohmer series, as I'd like to absorb it as a body of work rather than as a string of tales.
To say this film is drenched in dialogued is an understatement. We are afforded minimal breaks from voice-over narration and often pointless conversations. It bogs down the wonderful flow of the film.
I will gladly praise its structure, its appropriate use of close-ups, and even the acting. Its clear the director had a special talent. Those facts, for me, bump it from a very average 5 to a 6.
I agree this is mostly for Rohmer fans only, and I hope I will get to find out if I truly am one.
To say this film is drenched in dialogued is an understatement. We are afforded minimal breaks from voice-over narration and often pointless conversations. It bogs down the wonderful flow of the film.
I will gladly praise its structure, its appropriate use of close-ups, and even the acting. Its clear the director had a special talent. Those facts, for me, bump it from a very average 5 to a 6.
I agree this is mostly for Rohmer fans only, and I hope I will get to find out if I truly am one.