Word: tristanas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Imagine Truffaut's Jules and Jim with Laurel and Hardy in the title roles. Imagine Bunuel's Tristana with a new screenplay by Henry Miller. Imagine-well, what's the point? There really isn't any way to anticipate the special charms of Get Out Your Handkerchiefs. This rhapsodic French comedy about men, women and sex is an honest-to-God original with its own challenging brands of humor, style and wisdom. It is the first revolutionary film to come out of France since the decline of the New Wave in the late...
...Obscure Object is not quite as good as Discreet Charm (1972) and Tristana (1969), the two Buñuel masterpieces it most resembles, the problem is one of tone. The new film opens on a note of antic humor only to turn, in the second half, unrelievedly grave: as Mathieu and Conchita's relationship lapses into sadomasochistic games, Buñuel's irony gives way to a surprising display of personal despair. The sudden shift in mood does not work, but it is forgivable. Having given his life to one of the century's great artistic revolutions...
...Tristana, 6:15, 9:35; Knife in the Water, 7:55, weekends...
...Today: Tristana, 1:30, 4:45, 8:05 and Cries and Whispers, 3:05, 6:20, 9:45 Starts Wed.: Day for Night, 2, 5:40 9:30 and The Passion of Anna...
Thru Tues.: Cries and Whispers, 3:05, 6:20, 9:45 and Tristana...