1967 Directed by Éric Rohmer
A bombastic, womanizing art dealer and his painter friend go to a seventeenth-century villa on the Riviera for a relaxing summer getaway. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian Haydée, accused of being a “collector” of men.
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Wow, what a pure throttling of masculinity. Adrien and Daniel – womanizers, hedonists – are relaxing on vacation when enigmatic Haydée arrives, known as a collector of men. When she doesn’t give either man the time of day at first, and spends ample time being picked up by other boys, their poor egos are bruised. Despite their chauvinistic attitudes and the fact that the sole purpose of their trip is pretty much to pick up women, the men lambast Haydée as a slut but secretly vie to be part of her collection. She constantly walks around in bikinis almost as a taunt, which of course riles them up even more. Adrien is such an ass that it’s funny. Early in…
Rohmer’s how-to guide to not giving a fuck when spending your summer with two arrogant fuckboys that constantly barrage you with their narcissistic sludge.
éric rohmer really said of course i support men's rights men's rights to shut up with this one and he had every right to do so
Original sin is born not from action, but the deliberate absence of it in Éric Rohmer’s “La Collectionneuse.”
The fourth (in order of release, third, of production) of Rohmer’s “Moral Tales,” “La Collectionneuse” occupies a midpoint in the series that befits its theme on the languishing passage of time. Its three protagonists are directionless wanderers who can only muster one clear intent: the deliberate emptying of their heads from all stimulation, distraction, or intellect.
Rohmer made “La Collectionneuse” while awaiting the start of production on “My Night at Maude’s,” and used so little footage in his technique of extensive rehearsals with minimal takes, the film developers thought he was making a short. This attitude of spontaneous permanence washes across “La…
There's a thing—a thing?—about a certain chunk of cinema that likes to promulgate the notion that wit slips to the top of every mans tongue faster that it ever could in "reality" causing intense eloquent poetic rebuttals to fall from the mouths of even the most droll of characters. A standard is then created of unearthly and infinitely endearing romanticization. Is this incessant lyricism over-stuffed and half-baked? Maybe. If this philosophical narcissism spouted is so manufactured then why oh why does it feel so real? The world purportedly belongs to those who get up early but those who spend all night perfecting their scripts make movies. The human condition will follow you on vacation, but here's the solution: run. There…
Rohmer doing Chabrol on vacation. Dry, poisonous, complete detached and only ocasionally suggesting of the literary qualities of his usual work. Of course Rohmer is every bit as scared of Haydee's sexuality as the shitty main character and that is particularly what makes this so complicated and good.
Eric Rohmer's 4th Moral Tale
-->Possible moral topic(s) treated: Morality of friendships and relationships based on physical appearance; lustful affairs vs. the curiosity of participating in them.
Let's first check whether if the elements in Rohmer's moral tales are present here as well:
✓ Another love triangle.
✓ The moral wall of the protagonist in a danger of crumbling down.
✓ The woman as the center of the moral danger.
✓ The narrative structure employing the voiceover of the protagonist.
✓ The three parties play almost an equally important role, as in an isosceless triangle.
✓ No music, just faces, emotions, with the voiceovers explaining the hidden thoughts and ideas in a literary fashion.
✓ Only one character, the protagonist,…
