Review of Beau Travail (2000) by Olivierpiel — 22 Jun 2020
91% score and I never felt more let down. When a director uses voice over for exposition it is a clear sign that he/she failed to articulate his/her ideas with images...which should be his job. Sadly, this is the case here and shows that a film adaptation of a book (Melville's Billy bud) will never be faithful and never be as interesting from a "psychological" experience.
This film is therefore a failure. And it is not anti-intellectualism and snobbery to rail against it. It is the opposite. People comment "it is beautiful""it is poetic" without further explanations. The highest form of vanity and stupidity, just to feel vindicated by others....
PS: And it gives a bad name to French cinema and culture, already plagued by arrogance and navel gazing.
This review of Beau Travail (2000) was written by Olivierpiel on 22 Jun 2020.
Beau Travail has generally received very positive reviews.
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