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Un Village Fran�ais. Good recommendation Victor. Finished 1st two tonite. As an added bonus to a great story

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Road Warrior

In Reply to: RE: Two French successes posted by Victor Khomenko on May 27, 2021 at 07:52:55

same damn fine and fetching lasses.
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"E Burres Stigano?"

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Un source? * - Billy Wonka 13:08:36 05/28/21 (3)
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- Le (la?) Amazon ^ - Road Warrior 20:06:41 05/28/21 (0)
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- Do you ever bother... - Victor Khomenko 15:48:08 05/28/21 (1)
  ...to read the first post? :)
  
  Amazon Prime.
  - Not when they are yours. * - Billy Wonka 21:30:58 05/28/21 (0)
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Like many movies, based on historic events... - Victor Khomenko 06:35:41 05/28/21 (5)
...this one has slight issue with the writers trying to incorporate the human stories. With important events one must be careful - the human stories must be of appropriate caliber, in order to enhance, not to water down, to distract from the main line. There are some weaknesses to this otherwise very fine work in that regard, as they sometimes slide into pure sentimentality.

This is not a significant weakness, though, just at times getting in the way of its serious narration.

As usually is the case with such films, one should do some background reading.
- Those personal stories sometimes give us a connection with the characters - Road Warrior 11:47:36 05/28/21 (4)
  that would otherwise be lacking were the narrative just a clinical representation of events, no? I do agree that personal stories are sometimes overemphasized but, based on 2 epis, I haven't seen that, yet. 2 more on tap for later today before roundball takes precedence.
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  - I am not against personal stories - Victor Khomenko 11:55:09 05/28/21 (3)
    But the caliber of such stories better be at the same level with the main one. In some episodes you feel like those sub-stories were written by the junior writer team. As I mentioned that to my wife, her replay was that she also noticed that.
    
    The main drive, however, is powerful and relentless... there is probably not much I don't know about the Holocaust, but the sheer scope of this presentation is something you don't normally encounter. And the fact I am familiar with the French story does not reduce the pain.
    - Case in point, in an otherwise excellent(!!) series, Mare of Eastown, the main character's daughter - Road Warrior 20:04:40 05/28/21 (0)
      has a love interest that gets several minutes of airtime/episode that is utterly unrelated to the plot and does not, in any way, shape, or form, further the plot. I fast forward thru any scenes in which she appears. And don't get me started on the "Dana" subplot in Season 3 of Homeland.
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    - Ever watch; 'Arch of Triumph' (1948)? - ArdRi 19:29:00 05/28/21 (1)
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgF-sV9ITuA
      
      Not French but in France and with a great Frenchman, Charles Boyer. A personal story with the backdrop of Germany looming over the horizon and life as a refugee without a country.
      - Long, long ago... - Victor Khomenko 05:00:36 05/29/21 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Ever watch; 'Arch of Triumph' (1948)? posted by ArdRi on May 28, 2021 at 19:29:00
        
        We have our Criterion down for now (TV damaged by lightning), will look when it gets working again.

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