Trust is a concept which goes beyond our imagination sometimes

Un condamné à mort s’est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut

Lately, Shii has been complaining about how I don’t watch as many “intelligent” movies anymore. Though I still think that “Ramen Girl” was incredibly horrible and “Mona Lisa Smile” is a guilty pleasure, I still love “Catch me if you can”. I remember times (go back over 10 pages through this blog, < a href=“http://www.naruhodou.org/choco/page/15/“>15 to be exact) when I thought that almost every film I have seen was excellent and just. Sadly, this is not the case anymore, but at the same time, I don’t feel like I am enjoying myself any less. I am striving to find a sweet balance between ‘meaningful’ films and those purely for enjoyment, as well as highly acclaimed, popular ones and completely obscure, lovely surprises. Finding a surprise is probably the hardest thing in the world to do, and I heavily rely upon mouth-to-mouth recommendation for that. *nudge nudge*

A couple days ago, I went back to my posting on “Le Trou” when I read Gorp’s comment on “A man escaped”. For some inexplicable reason, it gave me a strong desire to watch the film. Even now, after seeing it, I find it still inexplicable why I like the film so much. Maybe the suspense of whether he will be able to escape or not is totally gripping me? Maybe I see a deeper meaning (the biblical one maybe) in the happenings of the film and am fascinated by it? Or perhaps I just enjoy the technicalities of the film, the way he describes how he fabricates tools for his escape.

Faith, psychology, character who talk a little bit but not too much, I can’t believe I find this film to make much more sense than the slightly confusing relationships presented in “Au hazard Balthazar” (which is mostly only great because of Balthazar himself). I can’t say that I have become a fan of Bresson yet, but at least I’d say I find his films interesting. It could mean that I read too much into these films, it might also mean that I have not spent enough time finding out about them – either way, I totally want to see “Mouchette” now.