Movie Review - Suzanne's Career
La Carrière de Suzanne (1963)
directed by Eric Rohmer
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
Unlike My Night at Maud's, this movie's protagonist isn't abandoning one pretty woman for a second. Moral Rohmer is big on the soul's salvation, intent on resisting the wrong temptation; romantic prospects suffer accordingly.
Bertrand's a dick - a self-conscious one - and it's nice for us to see carefree, sincere Suzanne find happiness. But Bertrand calls it her "revenge;" since he's the narrator, they're the last words we hear. I wonder if Suzanne's obliviousness to his pain is meant to condemn her. I hope not, Sax, but today I'm suspicious.
directed by Eric Rohmer
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
Unlike My Night at Maud's, this movie's protagonist isn't abandoning one pretty woman for a second. Moral Rohmer is big on the soul's salvation, intent on resisting the wrong temptation; romantic prospects suffer accordingly.
Bertrand's a dick - a self-conscious one - and it's nice for us to see carefree, sincere Suzanne find happiness. But Bertrand calls it her "revenge;" since he's the narrator, they're the last words we hear. I wonder if Suzanne's obliviousness to his pain is meant to condemn her. I hope not, Sax, but today I'm suspicious.
posted by NPK at 9:19 AM
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