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For once, nobody can accuse me in any case to write an article "spoiler", since, as in the case of the Passion of Christ Mel Gibson, everyone already knows the end (so it is quite unlikely that there is a "sequel" in preparation, such Marie Antoinette: The Return , lol)! In any case, given the complexity of the topic, I'll divide this post into several parts: 1) the historical aspect 2) point of view of Queen 3) point of view of a film buff, and finally, 4) political and artistic implications, obviously very large ...
1) In line worthy Virgin Suicides (his first film), it is clear that what primarily inspired by Sofia Coppola in this tragic story, it is primarily the development of personality to the magic age of adolescence, already burdened with 14 years of a multitude of pressures justified by reasons of state, to bring the dynasty of the Bourbons and Habsburgs. All this at a time when marriages were concluded on the basis of a simple portrait:
Where we should resolve to leave everything behind:
Then, very quickly, of disillusionment, poor Dauphine awoke alone ( blank?) each morning, just enough time to contemplate the Dauphin garner strength, before going hunting, leaving him "sad" sort of half day :
Hence the beginning of the revolt, Marie Antoinette feeling increasingly alone and abandoned in the middle of a court governed by the strictest etiquette, and who sees it as "Austrian"
atmosphere which certainly does not arrange after the festivities of the coronation, some sumptuous that it has been:
And while the Queen delivers her little revolution palaces, another, more serious, brooding outside (October 6, 1789 )....
From a second perspective, and it is especially on those aspects that focuses the film is how all this life of luxury, the lessons of music, toilets, baths and even the first (!), will eventually tired Marie Antoinette beyond measure:
Because it's very nice to wake up every morning before one of the most beautiful panoramas in the world, certainly :
But what if you can not spend quality time with his friends without suffering any permanent pressure from the court? And here's how Marie Antoinette persuaded Louis XVI to build him the Petit Trianon:
Where now Nearly Everything, he will be allowed (or more accurately, where it will gradually get away with anything):
Or even a little debauchery that one is entitled to expect from a Queen (although this is only rumors so far):
Anyway ... All things you probably know more or less, if you have not slept too much during history lessons at school!
In this way, we can always say that where Sofia Coppola introduced a few grains of sand in the good kind "frozen" in the cinema history, this may be where it finally makes the best justice to the spirit of the Queen, refusing to be classified or locked into a role, a court, a label ... Among others with succession plans fully lit, when Marie Antoinette hesitates between one of her many pairs of shoes (like Buffaddict , lol!):
And so, for once: long live Converse in such a context! To be honest, we must admit that this is only a single plane of a second out of thousands of other, equally respectful of Versailles and the life of the court that he did is humanly possible (note, moreover, that on this occasion, Sofia Coppola has managed to get permission to film one at Versailles, which is awarded to a trickle by the conservative Castle !)... But perhaps the director attached it some importance to this plan "provocative", as contained in the insert "pink" on the back jacket DVD, and that even the first thing that surprised me when I received it (click, click!):
And among other great finds, as extremely shy to talk to Sofia Coppola's death one of the children of the Queen of France Louis only by the withdrawal of a table, and substituting a less populated:
short! Anyway, it's very beautiful film, well documented, but also very personal, which joins effortlessly my own pantheon of the most beautiful historical films ever made: Barry Lindon , Vatel , All the Mornings of the World ... And finally, the ultimate plan (well, I told you I'll eventually becoming engulfed in political discussions at the con, and more without any image, therefore, most people reasonable not say they have not been warned, lol)! :
other words, the state in which the people had left Versailles after the events that we know, this raises obviously very broad questions, starting with this: "Art is right for the people?" Without doubt, this is an option (in the best of worlds), but we should rather ask, in reverse: "Everybody has he done for Art ?"... And then, contrary to what was claimed in 1981 a so-called minister of culture super demagogue, the infamous Mr. JL *** (rotting the lives of generations of teachers in the arts), it is well Clearly the answer is NO!
Just take a look at the TV schedule, nothing has changed in forty years (if not worse) : To cast a wide net, better Video Gag as Caravaggio, better Missed a broadcast history of Arte, better Indochina Beethoven. I refer you to these wonderful phrases that utters Clint Eastwood - in the role of a professor of art, precisely - at the end of Assent (1975, a pure masterpiece by the way): "If we learned one thing here is that the idea that art belongs to the whole world is stupid. Art is for educated people capable of appreciating. The .. vast majority of ordinary people do is not gone! "(four magnificent plans to return to the very end of my article on this film, The Eiger Sanction ).
So yes, this may sound a tad elitist or provocative - and besides, it is, somehow, those who claim otherwise are hypocrites, blind, or demagogues ... "Some people oppose free doubt that at that time, the people were sorely lacking bread (everyone knows yet, today, that the famous phrase: "Let them have cake!" is absolutely fake, invented from scratch by JJRousseau for propaganda!), but it certainly was not because of the antics of the Queen, budget Pharaonic probably seen a certain point of view (just like today, that of Élysée), but in reality absolutely ridiculous compared to the overall budget of the state - it is there in reality very, very far from Nicolas Fouquet, who turned away by itself almost 80% of taxes (which he does was not very successful either, for that matter, lol)!
still not forgotten - just history perspective - that we so admired French Revolution (one wonders also why, apart from proving once again that we are always better at bitching than to discuss calmly) was by itself more deaths (fellow citizens, and more!) that met the four wars of the reign Louis XIV! And let's not forget (and I'm talking about what I really know !) That if our colleagues across the Rhine can still be proud, and rightly so, a tradition absolutely continuous ranging from Bach to Schoenberg through Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Bruckner, Brahms, Mahler, Strauss, our so-called "tradition" we jump directly to Rameau, the "Baroque" (1683-1764) Berlioz, the "romantic" (1803-1869), without any break in continuity!
Good. I'll stop there, because (everyone will understand) is a period in the history of France that I hate, bloodshed and unprecedented perpetual appeal to the courts of exception only, Perhaps the Nazis or the Ceausescu have managed to overcome, especially a period of stupidity and ignorance absolute, almost worth it, the Khmer Rouge! Somewhere, in summary, when we talk about human rights, as was the case even very recently about the Olympics, and that you have the curiosity to watch a little bit back, well I say, frankly, there's nothing to be proud if it, what ... Let us learn to clean our own house before going to criticize others!
In any case (this is essential, at least on this blog), this does not detract from the beauty, better even, to the magnificence of this film, I urge you to urgently !
Enjoy!
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