This blog entry is part of my “movie year countdown”. To read more about that check out my first Spout filmblog entry.
Coup de torchon (Clean Slate) An interesting film definitely. With a main character who is sometimes hard to understand, hard to read, but who is sometimes very easy to connect with. I wonder if this might be a cultural difference or a conscious stylistic choice.
It's a movie that feels like a lot of opposite things. It's funny yet horrifyingly cold and serious. It's cynical and hopeful. It gave me an unusual feeling that was hard to describe, and I'm still not sure how to say I feel about this movie.
I may have to see some more from Tavernier.
I would recommend this movie even if you really want to punch a lot of the characters a lot of the time. But no one in this movie is held unaccountable. Everyone has made some kind of sin. The question is when should people be the judge and when is going too far?
I wish I could say more, but I can't remember everything too well since it's been a little while since I saw it. But I was looking through the "memorable quotes" section on IMDB, and thought this one stuck out as being part of the movie's theme.
"I try to save the innocent but there aren't any. All crimes are collective. We contribute to each other's crimes."
Rating: 8/10