LRA writes:
Director Abdellatif Kechiche's new film, Blue is the Warmest Color (adapted from the graphic novel entitled Blue Angel) is one of the most devastating, honest, romantic, intensely erotic and ultimately one of the most captivating cinematic love stories ever told. You won't find anyone standing outside a girls bedroom window holding a boombox playing a top 10 song. You won't find a self absorbed teenage outcast falling in love with a shiny vampire. You won't find anything here aside from the story of one teenage girl and her coming of age tale, which is far more complex than anything featuring supernatural creatures or figuring out who to ask to the dance. It's just raw and real.
TF:
Three hours long, Blue Is The Warmest Colour bestows epic status on a subject usually handled coyly or ignored altogether: female desire.
The heightened treatment feels entirely apt – this is first love, in all its intoxicating, devastating glory. Under the microscope of relentless close-ups, Exarchopoulos is a revelation: appealingly awkward, palpably vulnerable and sparking serious chemistry with Seydoux.
There was plenty of Cannes clamour over the sex scenes. They’re graphic, sure, but not gratuitous – and most importantly, key to revealing the depth of the ladies’ attraction.
What’s more, the physical boldness is matched emotionally and psychologically. Whether it’s passion or pain, you’ll feel it too.
LRA writes:
This week is nothing but movies movie movies. With 4 new films up for discussion, including the controversial foreign romance film "Blue is the Warmest Color", the feel good time travel romantic comedy "About Time", the Keanu Reeves directed martial arts epic "Man of Tai Chi" and finally, the long awaited film adaptation to the children's novel "Ender's Game". We have all that and more, so join us and hear what we had to say. Featured music this week is from the music group "The Divine Madness".
Raw, deeply impassioned and boldly unrestrained, “Blue Is the Warmest Color” - having been the subject of much anticipation and public controversy - has finally arrived to American audiences, and there’s more than plenty to see. By all means, believe the hype.
