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comparison of differant releases
This new release has extras the other releases don't. They are a behind the scenes footage and a short film. However, this release is not digitally remastered and not made from a clean print. My advice is to rent this through netfix to watch the extras, but purchase one of the remastered, no frills, versions to keep in your collection.
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My Favorite Film
I'm not lesbian, I'm not gay, I like all sorts of films, but this film evokes more powerful emotions in me than any other film I've ever watched. I've watched it over and over (on video), and it's not even the same things that drive the emotions. I'm hetero, and at first I must admit it was Pascale's luscious body that fascinated me. Later I liked the whole trajectory of the love story, the leaving behind of heterosexuality, the tweedy university, Canada, the established church, marriage, for the wilds of San Francisco, the circus, no sure means of support, and a lesbian relationship. (I lived just south of San Francisco for many years.) Later still I was mesmerized by the two trapeze artists who showed so overwhelmingly what trust is. I used to watch the movie over and over just to see that sequence. Then there was a time I grieved terribly for the church. The church! When did I ever even love it so much? Yet the emotions came. I agree with the other reviewer that sometimes the movie is cheesy, but also I agree it's overwhelming in its beauty. There's some wonderful humor in the film, too, including the immortal line, Oh grow up. This film has tapped into archetypal energies. I wouldn't miss it. Thank goodness it's now coming out again in DVD. Sign me up.
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Beautiful
This film is beautifully done. In this moive the character Petra reminds me of Angelina Jolie. Most lesbian love stories are quite boorish in my humble opinion, but not this one. While the pace could be considered a little slow, it comes across more dreamlike and artsy than plodding. I rate this amongst one of my favorites when recommending movies with a lesbian plot to my friends. I only wish more people had seen it!
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THE BEST
Petra and Camille makes falling in love come to life. a definite must see. of all lesbian films this one is my favorite.
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A Great Fine Art Film
I am so glad that Criterion picked up this film. The DVD came out late, well after the initial release of the video had disappeared. Recent showings on the LOGO network have rekindled some well deserved interest.
Most Lesbian films are just plain bad. With the rare exception of a film like Desert Hearts, they are mindless romps by undeveloped, self-absorbed characters. They always end in the bedroom, usually to a lush musical score, because the plot literally can't go anywhere else. This film is not only a good lesbian film but a beautiful, artistically rendered chronical of a quirky relationship between two very eccentric people. The cinematography alone makes it so visually compeling that you could watch it just for that. It has a fine rhythmic pacing and a color saturation reminiscent of David Lynch. The color filled Art Circus atmosphere that surrounds one character pops as it is interspered with the staid beiges and browns that paint the academic world of the other. One scene that intercuts a car headlight dancing across a bedroom wall, a circus act that uses bouncing lights behind a screen and one of the female leads making love to her boyfriend turns editing into an artform.
Well worth the price!
