It's incredible how much tension and emotion can be generated in a film that is intentionally cold, objective and dead. I think it's because we are witnessing a lot of emotions. A's polite detachment is actually an expression of the numbness of shock, the paralysing capacity of fear. M's formal coldness is an expression of the tinge of sadness. X is the most expressive character, he raises his voice, he barks orders, and the more it progresses the more that obsessive, twisted love I think emerges.
Though Robbe-Grillet said the journey is more important than the answer, it's also interesting how when faced with disorder there is a compulsion to order it. I'm still thinking of what happened. For instance, yesterday I thought she was alive, today I think she is dead! At 1hr28 M asks A “Where are you my lost love”, they tenderly embrace on the bed. A says “I’m with you in this room”. M responds “No, you’re not”. It is as if she’s a ghost and we’re reenacting this final day (eternal return). M then says “Tomorrow I’ll be alone. I’ll find your room empty”. That’s because that evening M finds A and X in bed together and M must have really killed them both (1hr14).
It's incredible how much tension and emotion can be generated in a film that is intentionally cold, objective and dead. I think it's because we are witnessing a lot of emotions. A's polite detachment is actually an expression of the numbness of shock, the paralysing capacity of fear. M's formal coldness is an expression of the tinge of sadness. X is the most expressive character, he raises his voice, he barks orders, and the more it progresses the more that obsessive, twisted love I think emerges.
ReplyDeleteThough Robbe-Grillet said the journey is more important than the answer, it's also interesting how when faced with disorder there is a compulsion to order it. I'm still thinking of what happened. For instance, yesterday I thought she was alive, today I think she is dead! At 1hr28 M asks A “Where are you my lost love”, they tenderly embrace on the bed. A says “I’m with you in this room”. M responds “No, you’re not”. It is as if she’s a ghost and we’re reenacting this final day (eternal return). M then says “Tomorrow I’ll be alone. I’ll find your room empty”. That’s because that evening M finds A and X in bed together and M must have really killed them both (1hr14).