run for your lives
Watched 8 Women last night, thinking it was going to be another in a long, long series of disturbing French films. Oh, it was disturbing all right, but not in the way I expected. All over the damn box should be stamped "Madcap Murder Mystery Musical--do you really want to rent this?" At one point M. said, "Are you enjoying this?" Me, "No. Are you?" M., "No. It sucks!"
Let this be your fair warning: despite glowing sets and costumes and luscious French babes galore, this movie is terrible. You may feel free to say "terrible" in a French accent, as long as you say "No!" to this film.
posted by Pixie the dog @ 7:35 AM
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Idea for the next Francois Ozon madcap murder mystery musical:
In a murder trial about to conclude at press time in Martinez, Calif., the circuslike cast of characters included Glenn Helzer (already convicted of several bizarre murders designed to vault him to power as the one true Mormon prophet), his brother Justin (charged in Glenn's crimes and described as one who takes his meals on the kitchen floor on all fours), Dawn Godman (a self-described "good witch" who pleaded guilty as Glenn's helper and then, as the government's star witness, described Glenn's plot to recruit Brazilian orphans to go to Utah and kill Mormon elders, thus hastening the apocalypse), and a former Playboy centerfold (September 2000), not charged with a crime, who was Glenn's girlfriend and took the stand to vouch for Justin's good character.
- The Independent (London), 6-15-04; San Francisco Chronicle, 6-2-04
I think you may be onto something, especially if he could work that "bang bang" song into the repertoire.
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