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Eric
Rohmer is one of France's most celebrated directors and this
Arrow Films collection brings together eight of his most influential
works, including The Aviator's Wife, A Good Marriage,
Pauline At The Beach, Full Moon In Paris, The Green Ray, My
Girlfriend's Boyfriend, Love In The Afternoon and The
Marquise Of O...
The
Eric Rohmer Collection is not likely to appeal to anyone
other than his fans. I've always had a bit of a problem with
box sets like this. Firstly, as I've already mentioned, they
only appeal to fans of the director, and secondly the choices
picked for box sets are usually not those that you would have
picked yourself. So if you are a die-hard fan you'll already
have all of his movies - so who is a box set like this aimed
at?
We
were sent two discs from this collection (The Aviator's
Wife and The Marquise of O) and so can only comment
on the sound and picture quality of those discs. Neither sound
nor picture is fantastic, but both are certainly better than
VHS quality. It's not essential that we review all of the
DVDs in this collection, as it's very unlikely that anyone
who isn't already familiar with the movies will buy it.
The
Aviator's Wife (Femme de l'aviateur, La) from 1981
is entertaining enough, but the script could have been written
on the back of a matchbox. A young student is gutted when
he thinks that his older girlfriend is cheating on him. Her
old boyfriend seem to be back on the scene and he sets off
to follow him. On his mission he starts chatting to a schoolgirl
who becomes interested in his quest.
This
movie has a certain charm, and you can't help but feel for
the love struck student - but his constant clinging soon becomes
a little freaky and you start to feel for his free spirited
girlfriend.
The
Marquise of O (Marquise von O..., Die) from 1976
is watchable, but certainly not one of Rohmer's better movies
- it's almost as though he didn't really put much of an effort
in. The plot revolves around the pregnancy of a woman who
has not had any sexual encounters since her husband died several
years earlier.
Sad
to say though I doubt I'd watch either movie again. While
I enjoyed them, there not the sort of film that you feel compelled
to do any thing other with than stick them to the back of
your DVD collection.
There
is, according to the press release, a good selection of extras
spread over the discs. These include radio interviews; a short
movie; theatrical trailers and several other interviews.
If
you are not a fan of Rohmer, then you will probably find this
release incredibly dull. However, if you know his work and
appreciate it, then you will find this a good way of seeing
a pretty fair representation of his work.
Nick
Smithson
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