Title: I Will Watch This One Many More Times
Review: I've watched Vive L'amour three times now, and like it more each time. The film's slow pace is especially effective at drawing us into sympathy and compassion for these characters, making the ending so devastating. The use of visual space to suggest isolation, loneliness, and the difficulty of connecting with others is powerful too (it reminds me of Todd Haynes' excellent SAFE in this way, and in others). Even though modern/postmodern life mostly offers a dehumanizing set of changes, there is hope in the filmmakers' use of cinematic magic to encourage affection and compassion for these three lonely people. Not a happy-go-lucky viewing experience, but one that effectively challenges the shiny lies of modernization.
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