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I Stand Alone
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Manufacturer: Strand Releasing
Starring: Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Frankie Pain, Martine Audrain, Jean-François Rauger
Directed By: Gaspar Noé
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0712267990528
Format: Color
Label: Strand Releasing
Manufacturer: Strand Releasing
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Strand Releasing
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2001-06-05
Running Time: 93
Studio: Strand Releasing
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
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Summary: "Irreversible", it isn't.
Comment: Some of the other reviewers have compared to this Gaspar Noe's outstanding film "Irreversible", do not be fooled. This is totally opposite than that piece of work.
First, this film is way too deep into the narrative of the main character (you'll be reading subtitles more than watching the film), and I enjoy foreign films, but this one, there are parts where I had to scan back just to catch up to the characters words. This is the basis for the plot, one long narration read by the character, that's it!
Second, there is really nothing redeeming about anything going on in the story, some people could say that love is the center, or essence of this movie, but I fail to see it. Also if you're put off by incest, then I would stay away.
Third, this movie drags on and on. "Irreversible" had momentum and staggering camera work, "I Stand Alone" has an annoying musical effect for the first hour, that even the sound sent the cats out of the room.
Fourth...this is NO "Irreversible"!!! There are some rather graphic moments in "I Stand Alone", but those few scenes do not make an entire film plausible. Lacking in substance, I really did want to enjoy this, but if I wanted to read so much, I would've read a book instead.
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Summary: Thought Provoking
Comment: Incredible script. The movie takes the viewer through the life of a man who has given up. The economy in France along with his aging and vices have taken a hold of his darker side. He's realized chasing the carrot on the end of the stick is just that. Disillusioned with society and its shallowness he becomes deeply depressed. I think this is a must see for the 40+ age group. The movie offers a chance for women to see the struggles a man goes through not on a daily basis, but hourly. A very gripping movie with the feel of a documentary. It's been a year since I've seen it, and seems like almost yesterday. Very gripping, dark, and much like what many males are struggling with in the U.S.
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Summary: ZERO STARS - COMPLETE CRAP
Comment: I spent over $20 for this movie. I was looking for a 'roller-coaster' ride - but wound up with a slow trolley on a tour. Firstly, it has ABSOLUTELY nothing of what it claims - the only violent scene is when the butcher (butcher, as in had once owned a meat store) beats some broad he knocked up. . . and as for the graphic sex, well, the butcher treats himself to a movie, and that movie is porn. All the while the butcher just drones on and on about his mediocre existence and how hard life is. PUH-LEEZE - this is no work of art - it's absolute crap.
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Summary: When the Cuckoo goes Ka-Boom!!!
Comment: Gasper Noe (Irreversible) flick akin to a savage "Taxi Driver".
This flick is haunting, but I cant put my finger on why that is.
Oh wait yes I can!!!
A fetal stomach beating,
the constant split second movement of the camera, accompanied by sharp dissonance,
racism, misogyny, misanthropy
child molestation,
and of course a positively heartless(?) murder scene.
You can actually feel the main-characters insanity,
(ie: his inner monologue becomes rapid & incoherent)
as the movie progresses toward it's disturbing, violent conclusion,
which the director is courteous enough to give the viewer a 30 second warning to leave the room before the insanity ensues.
(NOTE: The widely offensive, unwarranted ending comes straight out of left-field, you won't expect it.)
The plot is simple enough,
A man on the fringes on a psychotic melt-down, flips out one day when he can't find a job and can't handle the pressures of everyday life.
And the world will pay. (and by the world I mean the viewer)
MORAL OF THE STORY:
When you're psychotic, you stand alone.
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Summary: Noe's examination of misanthropy rocks!
Comment: Gaspar Noe's "I Stand Alone" is a brutal dissection of alienation that is unafraid of exploring societal taboos. Anyone who is familiar with Noe's oeuvre should probably know what to expect ( see "Irreversible"). Philippe Nahon, known to American audiences for his repulsive turn as a serial killer in Alexandre Aja's "Haute Tension," stands out as a middle-aged butcher who is quickly descending into paranoid psychosis. Consumed by free-floating hatred, Nahon wanders the mean streets of Paris obsessing over the daughter whom he let slip away. Noe punctuates many scenes with staggering zooms augmented by a nerve-jarring sound effect. This effect serves to unnerve the viewer very successfully. Also, there is a warning before the last half hour of the film for those who are squeamish.( Remember the "fear flasher," and the "horror horn?" It 's sort of like that.) "I Stand Alone is a very rigorous work of cinema art from a rather transgressive new voice in French film. It is not for everyone, as a matter of fact, it is not for most, but there is frisson to be had from it. I rate it four of five stars.
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