Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Dreams, colours and madness

Betty Blue (1986)

Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix this film based on the novel “37° 2 le matin” stars Jean-Hugues Anglade and Beatrice Dalle. Two young lovers move in together after a week of knowing each other but the young woman dreams of more and is prone to occasional outbursts of uncontrollable anger.

I watched the directors cut of this film which is over three hours and I'm not really sure how a shorter cut could exist. The plot always has your attention but I would not say it is overly interesting or deep as romances go. Where the film is amazing is in it's use of colour and long, slow camera moves that litter the film.


4/5

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