I got to experience the passion and the beauty of Bernardo Bertolucci's magic world once again. Last time it was 'The Last Emperor' and last night it was 'The Dreamers'. The movie is set in the cradle of fashion and cinema - Paris and it is not a romantic scene out there - There are student mobs and police, armed with tear gas and then there is Theo, Isabelle and Matthew. This time Bertolucci's does not depend on time to tell the story. So there is no flash back technique in Dreamers unlike the 'The Last Emperor'. In this movie there are two worlds –‘internal’ – kind of Bohemian in style and the other one, ‘external’, which is filled with the flames of 1968 student revolution. The inside world is mainly happens in a Cinema hall and Theo’s home and the outside world is the riot torn streets of Paris.
I really could see the motive behind using the three characters, both Theo and Isabelle belongs to the base of a triangular relationship. Mathew occupies the head of the triangle and he serves more as a commentator or a kind of choral character. They complement each other but at the end, nothing even Mathew could not separate the twins – Theo and Isabelle.
Bertolucci's films are explorations into the human psyche. (Wikepedia). The title of the movie is very much indicative of this. Theo and Isabelle lives in a dream world filled with cinema images. It is also interesting to note that the corridor leading to Theo’s and Matthew’s rooms are narrow and mostly dark but lit up occasionally by red light. The movie is also worth watching for its depth study of the Classics. Even when Isabelle contemplates the act of suicide she got a cinematic image running in her mind. There is even heated argument between Theo and Matthew on whether Keaton or Chaplin is better. There is French culture splattered every where. Discussion about Godrad, French food – Ratatouille, literary books all makes the movie a cultural treat.
Bertolucci's discusses love and violence in this movies and he does it by showing love and lust intertwined. The movie was given a NC17 certificate in the US for its explicit portrayal of nudity and sex. I feel that the sexual scenes are beautifully portrayed and it is a visual treat. One scene which I fondly recollect is the scene that happens in Isabelle’s room, where she behaves likes Venus Adonis. I remember one line from the movie which made me think about my own life and human life in general. - 'There is nothing called as pure love, there are only proofs of love'
I really could see the motive behind using the three characters, both Theo and Isabelle belongs to the base of a triangular relationship. Mathew occupies the head of the triangle and he serves more as a commentator or a kind of choral character. They complement each other but at the end, nothing even Mathew could not separate the twins – Theo and Isabelle.
Bertolucci's films are explorations into the human psyche. (Wikepedia). The title of the movie is very much indicative of this. Theo and Isabelle lives in a dream world filled with cinema images. It is also interesting to note that the corridor leading to Theo’s and Matthew’s rooms are narrow and mostly dark but lit up occasionally by red light. The movie is also worth watching for its depth study of the Classics. Even when Isabelle contemplates the act of suicide she got a cinematic image running in her mind. There is even heated argument between Theo and Matthew on whether Keaton or Chaplin is better. There is French culture splattered every where. Discussion about Godrad, French food – Ratatouille, literary books all makes the movie a cultural treat.
Bertolucci's discusses love and violence in this movies and he does it by showing love and lust intertwined. The movie was given a NC17 certificate in the US for its explicit portrayal of nudity and sex. I feel that the sexual scenes are beautifully portrayed and it is a visual treat. One scene which I fondly recollect is the scene that happens in Isabelle’s room, where she behaves likes Venus Adonis. I remember one line from the movie which made me think about my own life and human life in general. - 'There is nothing called as pure love, there are only proofs of love'
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