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A Dream of a Movie
You didn't like this movie? Fine, no problem. It only means two things:
1. You're not a REAL movie buff.
It's a movie that will appeal film lovers who have an authentic cinematographic culture, i. e. who have seen MANY movies in their lives. It's impossible for a movie buff not to be seduced by the wonderful images of this film. It's sublimely beautiful and compelling.
2. You did not live through the sixties, the richest cultural decade of the 20th. century.
You will understand the movie much better if you experienced this most fascinating decade, if you really know what the French Cultural Revolution of May '68 meant to France and to the world. The movie title reflects its whole premise: they're dreamers who have to wake up and come into terms with a new social and cultural reality, a new approach to culture, sex, family life and social engagement. The characters are dreaming until the very last 10 minutes of the movie. Then comes the unavoidable chance to become an adult, face reality and take an option. The last minutes of the movie - when you see the main characters joining the street riot and you hear the voice of Edith Piaf singing "Je Ne regrette Rien" ("I Regret Nothing") - are emotionally touching and very significant.
Mention apart deserves the "mise en scene": the photography is visually stunning, some shots are so beautifully conceived and the music is so evocative and righly chosen. The sequences from old classical movies will drive movie buffs crazy.
A warning: some explicit sexual scenes may shock conservative viewers, so I would recommend this movie to very open-minded audiences only.



A pre-requisite for any film student
The relationship between Matthew, Theo and Isabelle is one of the most intrigueing I've seen. But the Dreamers is more than just a bizarre love-triangle; set against the student uprisings of 1968, it's a powerful socio-political commentary as well. It is also excellent at showing differences of culture and, I must admit, American ego-centrism (a sample of which is found in the scene where Theo and Matthew are taking a bath and discussing who the better guitarist is: Eric Clapton or Jimmy Hendrix).

The final scene leaves the viewer with much to think about. How far do we go in support of our beliefs? What do we do when we embrace two philosophies that are completely at odds with each other? Is there any way to consolidate the two?

I leave that to you. I highly recommend this film to any art student, film student, or those looking for a film that touches the mind. Of course, if you're just looking for sex, the lovely Eva Green does spend quite some time in the nude.

Fresh and Sexy
From a visual and sexual point of view, the result is so delight and hedonist's primer, but from a call to arms or discourse on the rights and wrongs of activists and pacifists, it comes across morally lite, as empty as the pilloried authoritarians who barely cover their lust for power with the thin threads of peace and democracy for all.The Dreamers is a bold film with fine performances and a few eye-popping moments. I'm glad Bertolucci made it and I'm gladder that Fox Searchlight had the guts to release it uncut.I enjoyed the film overall.This is, without a doubt, the best movie I have ever seen.

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