merridon

You know, this is one of those "Emperor's New Clothes" films. It's like, so off the wall and strange that you're SUPPOSED to like it if you're really into film. Well, I think that's a bunch of bologna. Films like this which hide under the cloak of Dada or surrealism make me nuts. Some person has this bad dream, perhaps brought on by eating the aforementioned bologna right before going to bed, remembers most of it (unfortunately) and then puts it on film and we're all supposed to marvel at their creative genius. I have bizarre dreams too, sometimes, that make absolutely no sense but I don't feel the need to put them on film, expose everybody else to them and call it art. Weirdness does not, in of itself, mean something is interesting. True Dada or surrealistic expression has SOME intent and intellectual thought behind it. If other people don't get it, that doesn't make it profound, it just makes it incomprehensible. Bizarreness for bizarreness sake, for me, is not good, let alone great, art. And comparing "Tuvalu" to "Delicatesen" is like comparing "The Godfather I & II" to "The Godfather III"---same genre, NOT in the same league.

Francois Ozon does it again and this time it is in English. Swimming Pool is not only smart , suspenseful and sexy.

It will keep you guessing until the end. An added bonus--there are no car chases. I highly recommend this film.

This film move than lived up to my expectations. It was stylish, clever, engrossing and, above all, entertaining. The story is well constructed and draws you in to the point of actually CARING what happens to the two main characters (a rarity nowadays). The relationship between the dual male protagonists is an enigma. Is it based on power?...On love?...On need?..On desire?...On sex? We are kept guessing and, even after the film is over, these questions still linger in our mind and are never totally resolved. For me, THAT is the mark of a successful film---one that entertains AND makes you think. I highly recommend "A Matter Of Taste" if you share the same criteria.