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Clouds of Sils Maria- 2014 Assayas
- Assayas is a very tough auteur for me in many ways- just ultra-ambiguous at all times. He’s intelligent but not overly stylish and certainly you have to work at his films
- Binoche and Stewart are fantastic here
- Riffs on all above eve
- The editing leans heavily on dissolves which gives the film a dream-like quality
- The casting of both Stewart and Binoche is very meta. Binoche plays a respected international actress who does serious works with serious directors and the Chloë Grace Moretz character plays a Hollywood, blockbuster, paparazzi and teen star (like Stewart was)
- All the characters are portrayed honestly but clearly Assayas sides with Binoche (the serious auteur type) with his hilarious portrayal of a super hero movie here
- Smart examination of aging and celebrity—as a metanarrative on how to read art
- Not in the top 25 of 2014 but it’s in the archives
- Recommend
Drake2017-04-11T20:40:28+00:00
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