the Proust movie

[Dave Monroe]

For better or (more likely) worse, I'd also say see
The Cell for the same reasons. The imagery is often
indelible, at least, even if the narrative is pretty
weak (there's ultimately no reason for everyone to
have gone through any of the trouble they do).  

Eiko Ishioka costuming (you'll know it when you see
it), and watch for not only little homages to the
likes of Jan Svankmajer, David Lynch, The Brothers
Quay, Hans Bellmer, et al., but watch also for the
director's recycling of sets from his own R.E.M.
("Losing My Religion") and Nirvana ("Heart Shaped
Box") videos.

On Bellmer, by the way, see ...

Taylor, Sue.  Hans Bellmer: The Anxiety of
   Anatomy.  Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001.

Dolls, automata, surrealism, dismemberment ...

But, again, I've only read Swann's Way, and I still
thought I had a fair idea of what was going on in Time
Regained.  I didn't sweat "understanding" much,
either, though.  But I found it strangely touching in
the end, nonetheless.  Really is an eyeful, I feel bad
for those who might only get to see it on video.  But
what was that recurring piece of music again?  Can't
get that ragtimey variation near the end out of my
head ...


--- Mark David Tristan Brenchley
<mdtb at st-andrews.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> 
> 	Everyone must, must see this film! Don't worry
> about analysing
> what's happening. I tried that for the first 10
> minutes or so, then my
> head just gave up and I caught caught up in the
> pristine, elegant beauty
> of the damn thing. Each scene is almost perfect.
> Analysing it is perhaps a
> waste of time. Take Prospero's Books for example,
> pure eye-candy.
> 
> 
> Mark
> 


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