Catherine Breillat's Bluebeard is a study, among other things, in mystifying symbology combined with even more baffling cinematography. In short, from a purely aesthetic perspective, I didn't like it that much ( Read more... )

But what comes out of the egg ( Read more... )

And I could write more on Carter (oh, how I could write books on Carter) I think it would be more valuable to attempt to tease out the morals and values underlying the Bluebeard mythos.

( Bluebeard and the terrible art of keeping secrets )