Because my sister misses out on my film-related Tumblr posts
“I can never have a real conversation with you. You never have ideas, only feelings.”
I hate it when they leave out this last line, because the scene or the movie itself isn’t about the romanticism that the first two lines imply. It’s about ideology, changing perspectives, indictment, non-conventionalism, deception; it’s about moving away from America’s focus on emotion and embracing the French Wave of provocation and intellectualism.
Focus on the first two lines, you have what Americans essentially expect about movies - love, feelings, a happy ending, one-dimensionality. Include the last line, and it’s what the French want you to realize about film - provoke thought, ideas, expression - a focus on the intellectual stimulation between individuals rather than the emotional.
This movie is what really got me into French cinema, to study it, analyze it, regard it as a higher medium than what American movies are sweeping out.
Pierrot le Fou <3