Demonlover (2002)
A thought-provoking, radical essay on the matrix of art, life and virtual reality which deliberately toys with narrative conventions. (Palm Pictures)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Olivier Assayas
Written By: Olivier Assayas
Starring: Chloë Sevigny, Gina Gershon, Connie Nielsen, Charles Berling, Dominique Reymond, Thomas M. Pollard, Jean-Baptiste Malartre, Edwin Gerard
Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller
Country: France
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Demonlover belongs to 21 collections
1. boobs (collaborative: moderated by Pickpocket - 51 stars)
2. Onion AV Club: The New Cult Canon (collaborative: moderated by theficionado - 28 stars)
3. Business, Finance and Economics (collaborative: moderated by djross - 10 stars)
4. Alternate versions / cuts (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 9 stars)
5. The Best of the Decade: An Alternative View (collaborative - 9 stars)
6. Paris (collaborative: moderated by td888 - 7 stars)
7. New French Extremism (collaborative: moderated by edkrak - 7 stars)
8. TSPDT 21st Century's Top 250 Most Acclaimed Films (2010) (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 6 stars)
9. TSPDT 21st Century's Top 250 Most Acclaimed Films (2012) (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 6 stars)
10. edkrak films to see (public: edkrak - 4 stars)
11. Cannes 2002 Official Selection (collaborative: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
12. Aughties Films to See (public: theficionado - 3 stars)
13. Coheed's Films I Need To See Or Try To Track Down (public: Coheed - 3 stars)
14. Pornography (collaborative: moderated by djross - 2 stars)
15. TSPDT 21st Century's Top 250 Most Acclaimed Films (2011) (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 2 stars)
16. cyberpunk and tech-noir (collaborative: moderated by xmoffx - 2 stars)
17. French director (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 1 star)
18. such watch list wow (public: Bullt - 1 star)
19. Tokyo (collaborative: moderated by djross)
20. 2C (public: twisp)
21. Djross French feature films I've seen (public: djross)
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djross | 25 7th |
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Starts off really quite interesting, but goes badly off the rails. In the end, the viewer inevitably resents having been invited into an intriguing tale traversing some thought-provoking territory, only to be confronted with a series of scenes that are not only confusing and absurd, but, worse, nearly wholly uninteresting. The final "payoff" is simply not worth the price of enduring the second half.
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lofisofi | 12 12th |
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a shallow, pointless work of gibberish on the matrix of art, life and reality which fails to achieve any of its goals (Palm Pictures)
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Suture Self | 5 43rd |
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Shows promise, but it doesn't really bank on any of it. The entanglement of corporate espionage with the "Dark Web" is fascinating in the beginning but soon becomes murky beyond recognition by the end. Working out the motives of the major players is a headache. Asking questions like "What is the profit motive here?" or "Why are these corporate elites involved with this nonsense?" is hopeless. The ending seems to be a "Hah, karma!" moment, but how it got to that point, I'm not really sure.
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JohnSandwich | 100 99th |
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strange, cold and pretty damn good *rewatch (previous score was 75): holy fuck. aesthetically perfect and creepily prescient. it's still largely forgotten/written-off 17 years after its release, but this is one of the very best movies of the 2000s and hopefully someday it will get the reevaluation it deserves
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SlantMag | 25 61st |
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"Assayas is a great lover of women, so its no surprise that the ladies of demonlover are every bit as vulnerable, feral and dangerous as Irma Vep." - Ed Gonzalez
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| Average Percentile 47.22% from 287 Ratings |  |