Movie Reviewlet: Barbarian Invasions
Monday, 21 January 2008 12:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daLes Invasions barbares rates five out of five stars. I think I should see this again eventually; the longer version next time (we had the choice between 99m and 112m; we took the shorter one).
So much nuance; and the wonderfully clever dialogue between old friends and exes. It skewers nationalized medicine, Quebec hospitals, American culture, and probably our attitudes about families as well. Much of the the film just felt comfortable- they could imply volumes just with a single visual element (a glance; a long shot through the hospital's corridor). Some of the comfortableness feels uncomfortable- how the son used his money and privilege as a lever to work through bureaucracy, a perfectly obvious decision that I would probably make as well, in the same circumstance as him.
And all of this feels comfortable even though I've never helped a close friend deal with a terminal illness. Though, of course, I know people who have, and I suppose the story arc in the film is somewhat cathartic.
I need to see The Decline of the American Empire, its predecessor. (Don't yell at me for not seeing it yet! I only have so much time for movies! ;)
So much nuance; and the wonderfully clever dialogue between old friends and exes. It skewers nationalized medicine, Quebec hospitals, American culture, and probably our attitudes about families as well. Much of the the film just felt comfortable- they could imply volumes just with a single visual element (a glance; a long shot through the hospital's corridor). Some of the comfortableness feels uncomfortable- how the son used his money and privilege as a lever to work through bureaucracy, a perfectly obvious decision that I would probably make as well, in the same circumstance as him.
And all of this feels comfortable even though I've never helped a close friend deal with a terminal illness. Though, of course, I know people who have, and I suppose the story arc in the film is somewhat cathartic.
I need to see The Decline of the American Empire, its predecessor. (Don't yell at me for not seeing it yet! I only have so much time for movies! ;)
