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The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)
This movie is inspired by a Luis Bunuel movie
I have seen a french movie "Journal d'une Femme de chambre" by Luis Bunuel...It seems that Remoir just regurgitated this movie...I saw "La Règle du Jeu"...and was not at all impressed...Renoir is very over-rated...In fact Bunuel's movie has same plot...beautiful chambermaid goes to country and everybody is impressed by her charm...his master tries to seduce her...the neighbor flirts with her...the head-servant likes her but ridicules her all the time...we see the movie through her eyes...she does seduce somebody but thats not for money...in a sense that seduction is for greater good...furthermore Bunuel's movie has a very strong political message apart from being a commentary on french bourgeois habitudes...It is very powerful extreme left propaganda movie...Jeanne Moreau of course is subliminal as usual...
Renoir sucks...
CQ (2001)
Just got it wrong buddy
I have just read the comment posted on IMDb site and I was really sorry to see that such an excellent movie was appreciated in such a wrong way. The plot description is correct, as the movie deals with the making of a B-Science fiction movie, but the message is to continue the fight against tyranny and this is it. The rest, including the movie itself is just the cover-up to say a thing, that is the most important in life, but has transformed itself into a cliché due its very importance. Roman has chosen excellent setting to enhance the very essence of the film. Jeremy Davies personifies the word "cool" and Ajgela Lindvall leaves Jacqueline Bisset eating her heart out. Gerard Depardieu, one of the greatest french actors, appears in quite a cameo-ish role but packs it with excellent emotions and symbolism. Hope Roman will someday give us another good one, as CQ remains, to this date, his solo directorial adventure.