"The Butcher." A classic from Claude Chabrol, perfect in - tinear - Films/DVD Asylum

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"The Butcher." A classic from Claude Chabrol, perfect in

all aspects, editing, music, cinematography, acting, casting--- well, you get the idea.
Stephane Audran, as beautiful as ever, is a school mistress that, long ago, has given up on love, moving to the countryside to preside over a small town school. At a wedding, she becomes more friendly with the town's butcher and their friendship ripens and is on the threshold of becoming, perhaps, quite a bit more as a series of brutal murders strike the area with one of the victims being the young lady whose wedding they attended.
No carnage, no overbearing music ratcheting up to culminate in a clash of cymbals, no frothing, menacing monster slathering over his victim.... none of that. Chabrol, rather, works slowly, looking sideways at the horror which envelops and seeps into every facet of everyday life.
This film leaves you uneasy, with the source of this unpleasantness hard to pinpoint: if this film doesn't lead you to some interesting conversations with your viewing partner(s), you need some new friends!

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Topic - "The Butcher." A classic from Claude Chabrol, perfect in - tinear 18:29:26 09/09/08 (12)

Yes, a fine film. Thanks for the reminder ... - Bhasi 11:46:56 09/12/08 (0)

RE: "The Butcher." A classic from Claude Chabrol, perfect in - patrickU 08:10:44 09/10/08 (10)

Yep... Big Bore it is. nt - Victor Khomenko 14:18:40 09/10/08 (7)

RE: I shall even say: " An outdated big bore "---nt--- - patrickU 00:20:12 09/11/08 (6)

Two words for you: - tinear 07:21:09 09/11/08 (5)

RE: Two words for you & Victor---nt--- - patrickU 08:06:00 09/11/08 (0)

That was the ONLY reason I bought the film. Can I get the refund? - Victor Khomenko 08:03:04 09/11/08 (3)

RE: That was the ONLY reason I bought the film. Can I get the refund? - patrickU 08:05:29 09/11/08 (2)

She's too old there. nt - Victor Khomenko 13:13:11 09/11/08 (1)

RE: She's too old there. nt - patrickU 00:55:21 09/12/08 (0)

It's a bore only if you expect thrills and blood spills. It's really a - tinear 10:05:18 09/10/08 (1)

RE: Well his hero was Hitch... - patrickU 11:58:35 09/10/08 (0)

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