12 March, 2007

C.R.A.Z.Y.



oh. after freaks, well...now guess who wants to move to quebec again (10 years after conteplating being a nanny in montreal). er

quote, unquote.
"Canada is known for many things (hockey, cold winters, Celine Dion), but producing films by Canadians about Canadians isn't one of them, at least here in the United States. (at least here in the U.S. being the operative word) That could hopefully change, though, with the DVD release of C.R.A.Z.Y., a Quebecois family saga that's set mainly in the 1970s and is one of most entertaining and moving dysfunctional-family films from any country in any year, winning an astonishing 11 Genie Awards (Canada's equivalent of the Oscars)." (Reel Magazine)





much more telling, is this italian reviewer
:

C.R.A.Z.Y. (il titolo è composto dalle iniziali dei nomi dei cinque figli) è un film a tratti esilarante e grandiosamente immaginativo. Brevi sequenze di sogno sono utilizzate con grande perizia contrapposte alle rappresentazioni semplici e crude della vita quotidiana e della sessualità adolescenziale, quella di Zac, mai facile e mai raccontata in maniera scontata. Vent’anni della vita di un ragazzo non comune, e di riflesso della sua famiglia: dalla nascita il 25 dicembre, cosa che porta sua madre ad attribuirgli poteri guaritivi in realtà inesistenti, alla crescita, con le prime esplorazioni della sessualità, alla maturità faticosamente raggiunta.
La musica e le icone musicali legate all’era del «Glam Rock» sono parte integrante di C.R.A.Z.Y. Come non amare un film una scena del quale mostra in chiesa preti e credenti che cantano «Sympathy for the Devil» dei Rolling Sotnes con tanto di coro gospel?




oh, and the trailer features space oddity
frankly. i am SOLD.

8 comments:

albeo said...

OMG

Anonymous said...

It's a lovely, lovely film.

bogart said...

le duc... sorry how on earth you have already seen it..
anyway... dysfunctional families.. Here we go.. a movie for us really..
I WANT TO SEE IT..

Anonymous said...

It had a UK cinema release ages ago, and has been out on dvd (or, at least, on R1 dvd) for some months now. It was released back in 2005. I just assumed everyone had already seen it...

Anonymous said...

why you smug little so and so...

Anonymous said...

Are you surprised?!

bogart said...

Probably everybody yes... me.. only recently watched Casablanca... What do you expect ?
While lately I seem to be watching lots of crap at the cinema. Latest addition the Illusionist..

Anonymous said...

yup. a pile of poo that was.

i have faith though. you can still be saved. a week of intense training in the country. shut in the house should do it.