La Belle Noiseuse
1991
A famous artist attempts to complete a half finished master-piece when he discovers a new model. French dialogue with English subtitles. Read more
| Starring | Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Beart, Marianne Denicourt |
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| Director | Jacques Rivette |
| Genres | World Cinema |
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La Belle Noiseuse
A famous artist attempts to complete a half finished master-piece when he discovers a new model. French dialogue with English subtitles.
| Starring | Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Beart, Marianne Denicourt, Gilles Arbona, David Bursztein, Bernard Dufour |
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| Director | Jacques Rivette |
| Studio | ARTIFICIAL EYE FILM COMPANY LTD. |
| Run time | DVD: 3 hrs 49 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 30 Jun 2003 Production year: 1991 |
| Format | DVD |
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Thankfully showing in its full form (as opposed to the 125-minute Divertimento), this is a majestic study of art and the agonies of creation from one of the masters of the French New Wave, Jacques Rivette. The sophisticated seduction games played by artist Michel Piccoli as he sketches his new model Emmanuelle Béart make for fascinating viewing, but it will be some time before you see anything as compelling as the artist's hand at work. The sight of the drawing taking shape and the sound of the charcoal or nib scratching paper are hypnotic. Some may find it all as interesting as watching paint dry, but for others this is a courageous and thoroughly rewarding masterpiece.
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A gripping and penetrating movie on the themes of obsession, art and love, although it offers little in the way of conventional narrative.
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38 out of 42 people found this review helpful
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This was probably a very intelligent film, but (despite being as sharp as a tack) it went over my head somewhat and frankly I wasn't about to devote another 4 hours of my life to trying to work it out.
Basic story is that pretty girl (headcase)'s boyfriend (upcoming artist) decide that she should pose in the buff for an old, talented artist. Many hours of film pass with him doodling away and her contorting herself. As an adolescent, I would have particularly enjoyed the abundance of minge and norks, but alas now I have moved on to more graphic things. -
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...literally, and very slowly.
I love France and, let's face it, anything said in French sounds better than the same thing said in any other language.
So this film looked and sounded great, and with the quality of actors and the sheer unusualness of the story, this film should have been brilliant.
But if there is a downside to French culture, it's a tendency towards pretentiousness, and this film exhibits that by the bucketload.
With a bit of decent editing, this film could and should have been no more than 80 to 90 minutes - but instead, it spread over 2 dvds, and by the end of disc 1 I was struggling to stay awake.
Thank the lord for rental, because I would have been gutted if I'd bought this. -
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