Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (The Criterion Collection)
by Chantal Akerman
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Actor: Delphine Seyrig, Henri Storck, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Jan Decorte, Yves BicalDirector: Chantal Akerman
Brand: Image Entertainment
Writer: Chantal Akerman
Cinematographer: Babette Mangolte
Editor: Patricia Canino
Producer: Alain Dahan
Producer: Corinne Jénart
Producer: Evelyne Paul
Producer: Guy Cavagnac
Producer: Liliane de Kermadec
Producer: Paul Vecchiali
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); French (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 201 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-08-25
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Criterion
DVD Reviews of Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (The Criterion Collection)
DVD Review: 3 hours of almost nothing is not art, it's, well - BORING
Summary: 2 Stars
I dont know what you guys are smoking but where can I get some? the really strange thing is that you are seriouse- what chances did this film maker take? a 3 hour boring film would find an audience, OK but from what I've seen it is an extremely limited group-why are slow an unpenitrable strengths? those are weakness in an art form not stregths- Appreciate the climax? I knew it was going to happen after 30 minutes. What is pure what is pesonal about any of this film, its is completely without guts, feeling or perspective, point of view, - there is no epiphany for the viewer, no arrest, no stopping to wonder to admire - relentlessly boring and should have been doomed to obscurity nothing of value except the high concept which is a 30 minutes film at best- not the shots not the acting not the script not what is said, really nothing. is that the point? I honestly thought at the end of the film, OK now she is gong to have a real life... but it ends- I have already forgotten this film, but will never pay more that a rental fee to see this directors work again- I have seen some of her other shorts and in the short form, 10 minutes MAX, the rather trite idea of the 70/80's of framing the everyday, "experiencing" time is communicated in all its banality with far less wasted time
the comment about high points in cinema history is not just delusional, it is hilarious, it is actual the bottom of drama and as such will have an avid, but limited following, one of kind alright - thank goodness. I love films from all countires and types and I am just shocked that this one ever got made- I suppose there is an audience for all tastes or as WC Fields said "there is a sucker born every minute". it is perhaps one of worst 5 films I have ever seen. this is not an art film, as that debases the word and form- this is at best an experimental film that works if you want to be bored for 3 hours, but on any other dramatic level is a failure.
I dont understand why Criterion would want this film in their library, why all the excitement and why this film is well thought of? I enjoy experimental films from all cultures, am not dependent on just plot, story, usually don't like most blockbuster films, can appreciate, if not always embrace, obscurity and abstraction, if it points to something and do not have to have clear"meaning" ...but what is the attraction here? This film is made for the FF button- it is over 3.5 hours long of how this women's life is completely boring, perhaps this would make sense if it were 30 minutes long but why does the audience have to be bored to sleep to understand her boredom. although she takes her johns in the afternoon and then in the last 5 minutes she snaps. What do you expect? What is learned? Why is this a "feminist film"? because the victim is a male? because the director and star are female? THAT is not enough to make this a feminist film, is it.... the film is tedious, intentionally- boring, intentionally- so why is this considered art and not just another slow French "experimental" film, of which there are many, like every culture. why is this film ground breaking or even art and not just a experiment in film and time? to sit through 3 hours of real time boiling potatoes is NOT art- there is nothing here that interested me or raised my awareness, no epiphany- just plain 3 hours of a middle class women making ends meet, cooking 30min, washing herself 10 min., shopping 15 mintues etc etc. I have maybe walked out on 5 films in my life but if I had watched this in a theatre, I'm afraid I would have left. if you must- RENT THIS FRIST
foot note:
I am always interested in art that I dislike as well as like, as both are keys to understanding one's psyche. So I studied JA's works in long form theatricals [Im afraid the two films I viewed were also lacking in drama and flops - La captive and room 666] and some of the reviewers/comments by smart folks who wrote whole books on her and style. Out of respect for those who have spent time dissecting her work and enjoyed her work I raised my star 1 rating. However, this idea of the incredible drama of "nothing happening" is beyond my ken. It is NOT "new wave" cinema, it is not drama as the Greek tragedies or Shakespeare or Neil Simone are but an "experiment" and I fear that those who rant about this film are intellectually elitist and/or have such little real passion in their lives that any art that extends time or magnifies the emptiness of contemporary life becomes not an experimental art film will be raved about and transformed into an art form. I'm not bored to tears and don't need any art to reveal that a lack of passion in your life will create problems or make you "snap". clearly, if we dont have passion we make it or fake it. In any case, this is not my cup of tea and the reason its so unique is not because of its structure or "form" as people have been making boring movies for a long time, but because it's "intentionally" dull and boring. And fro some reason that intention is what excites people- then again its just my opinion.....
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