I was intrigued throughout this movie in that many of the elements central to the story coincided with recent books I had picked up regarding the recurrence and the three-dimensionality of time. And although such a topic would seem overly scientific and antiseptic in terms of the physics of it, in these books, made such an idea a very natural and very human way of making sense of this seemingly chaotic existence of ours. People you love die, people you love leave you, you were young once, now you have aged and seem no longer relevant. What is there to life to look forward to?
This moving, changing, evolving world, driving ahead at its own pace and direction, so much of it out of our control. The Clouds of Sils Maria, i think, represents something eternal one can hold on to in the face of the temporal, something to grasp in the face of moving time.
Assayas, introduces very complex ideas into this simple and elegant story. Binoche, as always, is wonderful. Kristen Stewart was surprisingly good. I'd seen her in the Twilight films and was underwhelmed. Hope she does more good work.
P.S. It was kinda funny in that I was seated next to a teenager, that during the film, showed that he wanted to be anywhere but there, yawning, restless fidgeting, sleeping, while I, in my 40's sat mesmerized. I had to crack a smile as this unfolded in the theatre, mirroring what was happening on the screen.
This moving, changing, evolving world, driving ahead at its own pace and direction, so much of it out of our control. The Clouds of Sils Maria, i think, represents something eternal one can hold on to in the face of the temporal, something to grasp in the face of moving time.
Assayas, introduces very complex ideas into this simple and elegant story. Binoche, as always, is wonderful. Kristen Stewart was surprisingly good. I'd seen her in the Twilight films and was underwhelmed. Hope she does more good work.
P.S. It was kinda funny in that I was seated next to a teenager, that during the film, showed that he wanted to be anywhere but there, yawning, restless fidgeting, sleeping, while I, in my 40's sat mesmerized. I had to crack a smile as this unfolded in the theatre, mirroring what was happening on the screen.