Inspired by Jean-Luc Nancy’s novel L’Intrus, Claire Denis’s same-titled film includes two of her most moving moments. One shows Sidney Trebor (Grégoire Colin, wonderful), a young father carrying his infant, Louis, in a sling-harness against his heart. Louis looks up at his father’s face. Slowly the child smiles, and we understand, even though Sidney’s face […]
Daily Archives: July 28, 2008
I have just added the following entry to my 100 Greatest Asian Films List, which you will find in two parts elsewhere on this site. Three time-lines span more than a half-century of Taiwanese history in Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Hao nan hao nu. Liang Ching is an actress playing Chiang Bi-yu in a film-within-the-film titled Hao […]
Dennis Grunes 