L'argent (1983)
A forged 500-franc note is cynically passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Robert Bresson
Written By: Robert Bresson, Leo Tolstoy
Starring: Sylvie Van den Elsen, Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci, Caroline Lang, Béatrice Tabourin, Didier Baussy
Country: France, Switzerland
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Ok, Bresson ended up completely cynical about the world. And it shows. But I feel this movie had really little to offer in spite of all the recurring themes: hands, doors, letters, etc... I also didn't like the overly mechanical dialogues (like in Mouchette) compared to most of his other films.
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A film that starts with a distinct structure: Follow a counterfeit bill as it circulates and progressively becomes more vicious in its consequences. Right as you buy into that and the transitory rhythm of this film, Bresson does a COMPLETE 180 and decides to latch on to one single subject for an entire half of the runtime. Its truly a jarring shift in pace that I'm not sure many directors have ever been willing to take. Its a tough, manipulating watch.
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Bresson's minimalism goes stale after a strong start that is unfortunately followed by dragging scenes without optimal plot development. Not convinced about the unconventional use of camera angles either. However, the total amount of screen time given to doors and other openings is noteworthy.
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This is the evil version of "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie." Somehow passing a counterfeit bill turns one of Bresson's robotic actors into a violent person. While money certainly can corrupt, the lack of logical progression totally derails the movie. I was also distracted by the camera staying on each scene some five seconds after all the characters had exited.
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Money itself is somehow counterfeit: in some way the only thing that exists but equally a fiction, an artifice, founded on a belief but ultimately crediting only nothingness, found nowhere yet behind everything, a ghost in the machine but also, today, the deus ex machina itself. Counteracting that excess, Bresson's style here reaches a pinnacle of austerity (yet every moment also looks beautiful), which, from a certain perspective, may make it his best attempt to control the viewer's perception.
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An accomplished film that seems to make a bit of a thing out of how the style reflects and corresponds to its main thematic concern of the apathy and deadness of culture-as-economy (I could make a sly little dig at Bresson here, if I so desired). Still, this coherency may be adequate to make a good art film, but I can't imagine it having any sort of real efficacy.
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Bresson certainly didn't soften with age. His late works are his most grim, depicting a cold unforgiving world that traps its characters like rats in its bleak oppressive maze. L'argent is ostensibly a critique of capitalism, where a forged note sets a chain of events in motion that leaves complete devastation in its wake. Bresson directs with astonishing technical precision; his economy of gesture is unmatched in cinema, and L'argent is a chilling confirmation of his supreme formal mastery.
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