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Last night we watched The Marquise of O. As an aside, though it may be considered one of Rohmer's lesser works, I really enjoyed it. Once I got over my hope for an ending other than the one the story needed to deliver, it really spoke to me. The film has a really unique chorus of moral voices-- as Rohmer's films are wont to do. Actually, I'd like to revise his filmography, unplug Claire's Knee from the official Moral Tales canon and plug this one in instead.
Anyway, I'm watching the film and trying to see if I recognize any of the actors from other Rohmer films or the relatively few other Euro films I've seen. Bruno Ganz-- young, trim and long-haired (but not ponytailed)-- plays the Count. All film long, I'm thinking that his face is familiar. When I find his name in the credits, I know his name is familiar. Fox Lorber always appends filmographies to their discs and, voila, my thick skull is reminded of his brooding presence in Wings of Desire. imdb tells me that he's also in Luther.
I love that experience of seeing an actor in a wholly different context-- like finding an old photograph.
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A Bruno Ganz moment
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#3 Russell Lucas (unregistered)
Posted 12 September 2003 - 10:03 AM
Well, it certainly fits in terms of being a film about relationships, why people treat others the way they do and the things they value, but I found it to be the least of the Moral Tales. I had less empathy for the protagonist, and less real involvement in his internal conflict. I've seen it just once, but it seemed to me to be missing both the immediacy and the moral conflict I had come to enjoy from the series. Yeah, it has its own unique features and insights, but I prefer the others, where Rohmer treats me to that wonderful intersection of moral reasoning, chance, coincidence, emotion and developed wisdom.
As always, I'm open to re-evaluation, but much of what I really enjoy about the ten or so Rohmer films I've seen struck me more in The Marquise.
As always, I'm open to re-evaluation, but much of what I really enjoy about the ten or so Rohmer films I've seen struck me more in The Marquise.
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