Regular Lovers

The first hour drags on a bit, but the remaining two are nuanced, sophisticated (yet emotionally muted) drama very reminiscent of La Maman et la Putain, that was clearly an influence. It's said that Garrel wanted to make this film when he saw his son in The Dreamers and thought he could tell the story of these times much better than that very mediocre film, and he indeed succeeded doing so.

I can see the connection to Eustache's "The Mother and the Whore", a film I saw many years ago, and which should have been excruciatingly boring, but I somehow ended up liking. It's possible my patience has left me since then, or else "Regular Lovers" is so tedious I felt like clawing my eyes and ears off. I admit I eventually gave up, but I did endure most of this torture.

too long

Sort of the anti-The Dreamers, though that doesn't mean it's appreciably better, just markedly different in style and effect. This one goes over big for fans of watching young Parisians hang out, make out, talk revolution, and occasionally dance around to the Kinks. YMMV.

It's not something you might enjoy, but it is something you should watch.

didn't fully captivate me for some reason, but this may '68 film is the real deal: the first hour shows the riots and arrests up close, then the next two follows a bunch of young and idealistic student types, two of whom fall in love. it's both critical and sympathetic. the use of music is quite interesting, and just like in LE RÉVÉLATEUR, philippe garrel's black-and-white photography is truly beautiful.

"Like "This Time Tomorrow," the film is a wonderful tribute to the ideals of youth." - Jesse Paddock

Clear-eyed and critical view of May '68, with a strong sense of melancholy over the aftermath. Garrel focuses on the small moments between big events, leaving mysterious the motives during and after the riot. Instead, Garrel is interested in the personal cost, the bleeding away of foggy ideals in a haze of drugs and sex. When the character Antoine notes that he has created a world without regulation, completely given over to personal desire, we understand the source of the downward spiral.