Review of Regular Lovers (2005) by Artur Q — 19 Jul 2008
On the surface, this film has all the markings of a masterpiece; unfortunately, that's where the film lives and breathes: on the surface. I was especially frustrated by the film's inability (indifference?) to connect the political upheaval of May '68 substantively with the characters' lives.
Their involvement in the "revolution" comes across in this film as mere behavior. And despite the extraordinary sequence depicting the street-level rebellion, Garrel ultimately seems more interested in the fashionable longing of his twenty-something protagonists.
I'm also confused by the film's debt to Eustache's far superior "Mother and the Whore." Whereas the latter film eschewed the obsessive intertextuality of the nouvelle vague, the former is full of knowing winks to its cine-literate audience.
This review of Regular Lovers (2005) was written by Artur Q on 19 Jul 2008.
Regular Lovers has generally received positive reviews.
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