This should be the minimum for any beginner film maker today. Back than, censorship, poverty, and a rigid hierarchy make this production something worthy of a mature team. The camera is clean. The scenes are correct. The story is very rudimentary, yet well finished.
There is no magic in there. Sure, compared with the governmental production of the French back in the day, the film is quite refreshing. Still, parroting the half baked thoughts of film critics back in the day and talking about the je ne sais quoi of this movie, well, that's just pompousness.
Myself I have disliked the story. The story of an aggressive loser. Is he self absorbed? No. Rohmer is male absorbed and the women are just centerfolds pasted on the wall.
There is no magic in there. Sure, compared with the governmental production of the French back in the day, the film is quite refreshing. Still, parroting the half baked thoughts of film critics back in the day and talking about the je ne sais quoi of this movie, well, that's just pompousness.
Myself I have disliked the story. The story of an aggressive loser. Is he self absorbed? No. Rohmer is male absorbed and the women are just centerfolds pasted on the wall.