Beau Travail (1999)

Watched films in 2024 (157 movies items)

"5.10. Yle Areena Tää on taas näitä, joita on niin pitkään odotettu, että olin valmistautunut kunnon pettymykseen. No, ei tullut. Jotain 3/4 kestosta nyökyttelin, kuinka hienoa Muukalaislegioonalaisten tyhjyyden kuvaa onkaan ja kuinka hienoissa kuvissa. En osannut varautua, että tulisi vielä menemään perinteisesti tunteisiin. Lopun ilmeistä itsemurha"

“(MU) Hermosa. sensual, machismo sublimado en guerra de mentira,romaticismo desfasado de legión extranjera, 'beau geste' anacrónico...” read more

My trips to the cinema 2023 (410 movies items)

"SCREENING: 35mm DATE: February 7th CINEMA: The Prince Charles Cinema LOCATION: West End"

Films I've seen on celluloid in the digital era (447 movies items)

"FORMAT: 35mm CONDITION: ★★★★ NOTES: Seamless playback between changeovers, prominent dust, astonishing clarity. DATE: February 7th 2023 CINEMA: The Prince Charles Cinema LOCATION: West End"

Watched in 2021 (74 movies items)

"18.12."

Miika's Movie Diary - 2019 (137 movies items)

"29.8. Muukalaislegioonan isomman herran ja uuden tulokkaan välisen kilpailun ja kateuden kuvaamisessa visuaalisuus on Beau Travailissa tärkeämmässä osassa kuin dialogi. Elokuva luo kauniin kuvaston, pitkälti elekieleen pohjautuvan näyttelyn ja verkkaisen etenemisen avulla hieman unenomaisen tunnelman ja tavallaan filmin kateusteemalle kehikon, jonka sisällä aihetta on helppo tarkastella. Lopun tanssikohtaus The Rhythm of the Nightin soidessa taustalla on kirsikkana kakun päällä mit�"

A good movie

“I wasn't really sure what to expect from this movie and the main reason why I wanted to check it out was because it was included in the '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die' list. Well, to be honest, my first reaction was that it seemed to be yet another really obscure entry that could be easily removed from this list but, eventually, the more I thought about it, the more I had to admit that it was actually quite intriging. First of all, Claire Denis has never been known to make some easy movies but it was by far her most difficult directing effort, at least, among her movies I have seen so far. Indeed, it was a poetic and really minimalistic feature, with no plot and barely any dialogue whatsoever and instead some rather obscure voice-over by Denis Lavant. So, what was it about? About” read more

Project #1 -1001 Movies I Must see Before I die- (1167 movies items)

" Rating iMDB: My Rating: Director: Actors: Genre: The Plot:"

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""Beau Travail is the most extreme example of talent, baffling and exhilarating. I don't know when I've seen a movie that is in so many ways foreign to what draws me to movies and still felt under a spell." - Charles Taylor"

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1990's) (119 movies items)

" Notes: Well, to be honest, my first reaction was that it seemed to be yet another really obscure entry that could be easily removed from this list but, eventually, the more I thought about it, the more I had to admit that it was actually quite intriging. First of all, Claire Denis has never been known to make some easy movies but it was by far her most difficult directing effort, at least, among her movies I have seen so far. Indeed, it was a poetic and really minimalistic feature, with no plo"