Finally got around to watching Perfume. Not nearly as good as the book.
Haven't seen the website, but the book's language is extremely sensual (even in translation), in a way which just wasn't adapted well to film this time.Very stylish film. What ruins it is the website selling a perfume coffret, whatever that is when it's at home:
http://www.perfumemovie.com/
Bob le Flambeur - Continuing to work through Melville's films. Absolutely brilliant, like all the Melville films I've seen it looks fantastic and manages to keep the main plot going while still giving proper character backgrounds. I saw the Neil Jordan remake before this version but that doesn't come close to this.
Plus Isabella Corey is insanely good looking.
We started watching Your Highness but it was such a load of utter toss we went to bed instead.
Winter's Bone. Moving, tense, very, very well-acted, gripping. Surprised at how good (great?) this was. A young girl needs to find her father, or his body if he's dead, to stop the courts taking her family's house.
Strongly recommended.
Never great.Watched La Haine again the other evening, still great.
You not a fan then?Never great.