Change Your Image
drthomas
Reviews
Marat/Sade (1967)
see it!
I know little or nothing about the French Revolution, but I have seen this movie several times. (Perhaps all I know about the French Rev. is from this movie!) However, I do know superb drama when I see it. I know masterful performances. I know artful, excellent directing and scripts that make actors drool with anticipation. This movie is one of the ten best ever.
Les enfants du paradis (1945)
top 5 of all time
Though I last saw this film in 1975 the images still haunt me. A glorious, wonderful affirmation of life! It was made during the Nazi occupation of France - right under their very noses - yet so thoroughly and deeply undermines totalitarianism with its lust for living and love of freedom as to poke sharp stick in eye of dictator. Ah, but make no mistake, the film is in no way a political statement: it is about love pure and simple. It is about life in its enormous complexity. It is about art. It IS art.