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June 16, 2009
A Week with Claire Denis
For a few months two years ago, I kept an account, in a little Moleskine, of every movie I saw. A few lines, a few paragraphs, whatever came to mind; an exercise meant mostly to better affix the film in my memory. It ended when that journal vanished (my habits are sadly rooted in such particulars), but that brief duration it worked. The first film I wrote about in that book was Claire Denis' L'Intrus.
Denis' new film, 35 Rums, is playing at the LA Film Festival in just over a week, and in anticipation I restarted my Netflix account and put every film of hers on my queue (and then realized I could watch Beau Travail instantly and could hardly keep from watching more than the first ten minutes right then and there). I'm going to do my best to watch them all over the next week, and to write about each one here. Just a little bit, I imagine. Freeform, no critical obligations. I just want to run with it, and to make sure I remember them.
Posted by David Lowery at June 16, 2009 11:58 AM
Comments
35 Rums is great. I saw it in Pusan last year. It's very heart warming in a not cheesy sense. Not as stunning at L'intrus though, which is one of my favorite films ever. I've sadly not seen any of her other films though.
Posted by: Paco at June 17, 2009 11:01 AM
From the opening scene of Beau Travail I was hooked and willing to go wherever Denis wanted to take me. Hopefully 35 Rums finds its way to the Midwest sooner than later.
Posted by: Aaron at June 18, 2009 12:12 PM