*edit* typo in the title: pseudo. Title did not seem to update.
I watched a film at my university "free movie" night back between 1998-2002ish? I honestly cannot say if this movie was an older film chosen as part of some weekly movie-night theme, or if it was a contemporary film made just to look older.
It was black and white, french (I could be wrong on that point as memory slants with age!) with English sub-titles, and the film seemed relatively minimal in regard to set pieces. From what I remember, the story was of a man who apparently was a well known film director, at least within the film. Many of the scenes that I can remember all revolved around a small group of artistic mid/upper-class friends and couples sitting in a living room space talking of film and art, eventually drifting into a tangent of asking the man if he was working on anything new. If he was, they would pressure him into allowing them to see his work. He seemed reclusive and slightly annoyed by the group's pushing. Perhaps he suffered from some type of artist mental break. He at least seemed OCD and terribly protective of his work.
As far as I can remember, the ending was of this director finally playing his film for a small audience. The film he had created looked to be candid shots of his friends talking to each other maybe having secretly filmed them at their parties throughout the film. As his film played on, you could see that the man had altered the film by applying hand-drawn colorful lines that would appear. For example, as a woman was talking, he might have drawn a squiggly pair of glasses over her eyes. After a cut to another person speaking, he drew lines projecting from the speaker's eyes. These marks were all in color, overlaying the black and white film he had recorded. I think the color, weight, and number of lines increased as the film progressed getting more intense and scribbly until the film ended.
For whatever reason, I have the impression that the film he created was more or less meant to mock his friends but I really have no idea. I believe the group might have been shocked, or even offended but I do not remember a reaction. Just silence.
I am hoping that this may be some type of film school standard, as I cannot imagine why my state uni chose to play such an obscure film, but who knows. Maybe someone out there can put to rest this beast.
thanks in advance!
- me.
I watched a film at my university "free movie" night back between 1998-2002ish? I honestly cannot say if this movie was an older film chosen as part of some weekly movie-night theme, or if it was a contemporary film made just to look older.
It was black and white, french (I could be wrong on that point as memory slants with age!) with English sub-titles, and the film seemed relatively minimal in regard to set pieces. From what I remember, the story was of a man who apparently was a well known film director, at least within the film. Many of the scenes that I can remember all revolved around a small group of artistic mid/upper-class friends and couples sitting in a living room space talking of film and art, eventually drifting into a tangent of asking the man if he was working on anything new. If he was, they would pressure him into allowing them to see his work. He seemed reclusive and slightly annoyed by the group's pushing. Perhaps he suffered from some type of artist mental break. He at least seemed OCD and terribly protective of his work.
As far as I can remember, the ending was of this director finally playing his film for a small audience. The film he had created looked to be candid shots of his friends talking to each other maybe having secretly filmed them at their parties throughout the film. As his film played on, you could see that the man had altered the film by applying hand-drawn colorful lines that would appear. For example, as a woman was talking, he might have drawn a squiggly pair of glasses over her eyes. After a cut to another person speaking, he drew lines projecting from the speaker's eyes. These marks were all in color, overlaying the black and white film he had recorded. I think the color, weight, and number of lines increased as the film progressed getting more intense and scribbly until the film ended.
For whatever reason, I have the impression that the film he created was more or less meant to mock his friends but I really have no idea. I believe the group might have been shocked, or even offended but I do not remember a reaction. Just silence.
I am hoping that this may be some type of film school standard, as I cannot imagine why my state uni chose to play such an obscure film, but who knows. Maybe someone out there can put to rest this beast.
thanks in advance!
- me.
Last edited by ynwtf; 08-04-17 at 02:13 AM.