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My friend Janine said this film was silly, but the Timey Outey enthused about it to the point of uncoolness, so I thought I might give it a look. It's about a Parisian couple who get sent surveillance tapes of their house. It's all very slow and intense and well acted, but unfortunately it doesn't end up meaning anything, so it's like going to a posh dinner party where they have nice plates and expensive wine and everyone sits around bickering like hell.

Janine was right about this film. It gets the coveted art-shit rating. I forget which Douglas Coupland novel has the scene where the characters sit around discussing the merits of subtitled films, and one of them suggests that they are good because you can watch five of them in a couple of hours on fast forward. But that is just the sort of attention this film repays.

posted by Chairman Peyote @ 3:27 PM