From what I've seen
of Xavier Dolan at the closing ceremony, he is beloved by his fellow
filmmakers, but derided by the critics. And he gets teary very easily. He cried
even watching other people win awards. He's like the John Boehner of the Cannes
Film Festival.
But about the
film…in short, I didn't like it. There are some good things about it amidst a
cluster of bad things. I appreciate Dolan's style. There is a great use of
head-banging pop music accompanied by strong colors and quick cuts. There is an
excellent wordless dream-like scene of stylish reminiscing. The cinematography
is gorgeous. He makes use of a very shallow depth of field, focusing on one
thing at a time, leaving the rest of the shot in a blur. There are very
close-up shots of faces (often crying or teary eyed) that are kind of
unsettling. The acting is very good but the script that they're dealing with is
just too emotional. There is so much yelling and screaming and I don't think
it's all justified. Because the script is so circuitous. It goes around in
circles without getting anywhere and freaking Antoine just riles everyone up
sometimes seemingly for the hell of it. And I'm just so sick of Antoine. He
provides all the drama, but his brand of drama is just exhausting and
excessive.
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