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Just a glimpse

This movie's aim is to give you just a glimpse into the life of Marie Antoinette, in a very slow and personal way. By the same director as Lost in Translation, there are more similarities that you might expect. The true story of an Austrian princess who was never brought up to expect to be Queen and how she ended up going down in history unjustly as the most reviled royal to ever live is much too complicated for a feature length film, and this movie doesn't try to do that. What it does accomplish successfully is humanizes the queen, and even gives you some of the drama of the pressure she was under to produce an heir. The movie has an unusual sound throughout and truly isn't a "screenplay". There is little dialog, and is more like overhearing somebody's life. The visuals are stunning and the filming at Versailles gives it a grandness and a realness that feels unique. There has been much made about rock music being used as the score, but there is so little music truly that it seemed quite in place with the rest of the ambient sounds that are introduced. The movie ends well before her death, and once again just gives you a glimpse of the terror that awaits her entire family, but you know that part of the story so well that it seems an appropriate ending. This is not your usual historical drama, but should give you a new perspective on a single woman's life you think you know, but don't really.

7/10
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Added by nataliegoes
15 years ago on 27 July 2008 16:45

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