I love the films of Rohmer, of Anne Fontaine and quite a lot of good Queer Cinema. What I do not like are narcissistic films about so-called intellectual rent boys who go on and on about artists, writers etc and rake in the money from elderly men who want ' artistic ' stimulation. All this boils down to begging from the young something these men once had, or never had but want. The focus of attention in this film is a very boring youth who suffers from Stendhal Syndrome which poses a bit of a problem when he sees too much beauty. The dialogue is terrible, the music annoying and I wondered more than once what Derek Jarman would have thought of this. In fact the whole feel of the film feels like the 80's including a ridiculous Soho and a highly improbable group of sexually ambiguous young men. And what annoys me most is that Gay men will fork out their money for watching this. I urge anyone who is tempted by this coy film to get ' Sauvage ' and to watch a truly great film with a truly great actor in the lead. One of the worst and most pretentious films I have ever seen.
Review of Postcards from London
