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lost-the-plot-reviews · 1 year

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) – 2019

Dir. Céline Sciamma

Date watched: Mar 15, 2023 Platform: Netflix UK

TW: Suicide, Fire, Abortion, Solitude, Nudity

Synopsis: In the late 1700s, on an isolated island in Brittany, Marianne has been commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse. Unfortunately due to Héloïse’s stubbornness to get married she will not sit or pose for a portrait. Marianne has the difficult task of creating her portrait only from the sketches she has secretly captured on their walks together but observing her subject so intimately during her last few days of freedom creates a powerful bond.

Rating: 4.5/5

Review: This has been on my list to watch for a wee while, and I had initially downloaded it to watch during a power-cut in 2021 but fortunately our power was restored before we needed it and it has just sat on the back burner since. But wow, sad I left it this long. This film is so beautifully shot in 8K making it feel both contemporary and timeless like a painting. The colours pop against the plain backgrounds putting the characters like subjects at the forefront. This film feels modest at times as it only has four named characters, all female, and the dialogue is limited which is a plus if you are not used to subtitled non-English films. Despite being limited the script is powerful and if you are at all familiar with French grammar you might notice the formal ‘Vous’ being used when referring to ‘You’ until the very end where the last line spoken between the two leads which features the informal ‘Tu/Toi’ . This film explores class and female friendship with equality, Sophie the serving girl has the third most screen-time and is presented more as a peer to the characters and less of a servant. The only character that holds any authority over the others is Héloïse’s mother and after she leaves the house for five days all the class divisions disappear and the characters all feel equal which was refreshing to watch and I am aware that Sciamma did this on purpose. This is ultimately a beautifully crafted love story that starts off small and cold and slowly becomes big and alive. There is little music in this film as there is no score. Other than working girls chanting at a festival, the only piece of music featured is Summer from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. A piece famous for being raw and intense, a metaphor for the love between the two heroines. This is most apparent in the final scene, a prolonged shot of Héloïse while the music from the concert swells.

I had heard of this film beforehand but only really in the circles of people obsessed with Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, I was wondering why I hadn’t seen so much of it during the award seasons but unfortunately it had come out the same year as Parasite so understandably it was a bit overshadowed. I might do a review of Parasite but if I don’t that is another non-English language film that I highly urge everyone to watch as it is so crazy and filled with so many twists and turns that I believe everyone should try and watch it at least once.

This film is raw, passionate and thrilling, I recommend even for those who have trouble with subtitles as it is far more visual than anything else. The story beautifully told through the point of view of the protagonists and the various paintings created. Not the usual tragic LGBT+ stories we see time and time again, sad but still hopeful with an ending teasing a future.

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nicostiel · 9 months

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Red, White and Royal Blue (2023) + text posts

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thevelvetgoldmine · 9 months

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TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! JULIE NEWMAR (1995) dir. Beeban Kidron

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thebobbu · 5 months

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The good news about Hbomberguy's plagiarism video for everyone who used to like James Somerton (I recently discovered him and hadn't got to any of the misogynistic shit yet), is that the queer analysis we liked is still out there - just not written by the thieving little shite. Great place to start is the playlist Harry created of plagarised or otherwise hardworking (but underrated) creators:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRGz5EMig3r2ZDgeGzwUlSz-PzF-L1Xu1&si=KqFfYA1NntIA3JG_

Also, as he's gonna send the profits to the writers James yoinked (without the twist) from, if you wanna help financially, you could always just... Put the video on in the background on repeat...

Tangentially, I met Harry a few years back at WorldCon in Dublin, and thanked him for his videos. He gave me a hug. The guy is just as sweet and lovely, and delightfully wild-eyed*, in real life.

*Seriously, the magnificent bastard has beautiful eyes.

#james somerton #hbomberguy #plagarism #youtube #video essay #queer #queer community #lgbtq+#lgbtqia #gay #film analysis

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gayfic · 25 days

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FIREBIRD (2021)

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wormswurld · 4 months

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the way he unhinges his jaw as he watches felix in full awe and astonishmemt is just so 😵‍💫 like you can’t get as voyeuristic as this mf right here. FUCK. imagine the process for filming this scene. like barry what the fuck. your ass got a little to into the role…

#i need barry to do a full in depth analysis and summary on what it was like filming these crazy ass freak shots #saltburn #oliver quick #barry keoghan #saltburn posting #felix catton #jacob elordi #cattonquick #felix x oliver #lgbtqia #saltburn 2023

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maddstatts · 1 month

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gays + guns (IG @maddstatts)

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what-shitfuckery-is-this-ew · 10 months

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Watching two asian gay guys take down the model minority myth and a transphobic society with their small genderfluid child wasn't on my bingo but damn I'm glad that it exists