tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post1370458958489554271..comments2024-03-24T20:15:00.996-04:00Comments on Critic After Dark: Coup de torchon (Clean Slate, Bernard Tavernier, 1981)Noel Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-79044218784485212352010-12-13T20:48:54.479-05:002010-12-13T20:48:54.479-05:00What gets me is that Noiret is so appealing. Big t...What gets me is that Noiret is so appealing. Big teddy bear--you almost understand why Huppert keeps wanting to jump him. Even at his worst--I'd say, that scene where he takes that black man out to bury the body--you stay with him; you still feel as if you want him to succeed, even it's murder. <br /><br />And if I had a Huppert in my pocket like that I'd count myself luckier than Zuckerberg.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-51118130274198231932010-12-13T09:00:00.136-05:002010-12-13T09:00:00.136-05:00Oh, and Isabelle Huppert is phenomenal in this too...Oh, and Isabelle Huppert is phenomenal in this too, she's got that lazy sexiness that's just perfect for that character.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-41907853655090812622010-12-13T08:56:46.464-05:002010-12-13T08:56:46.464-05:00Great post, Noel. I haven't seen the Winterbot...Great post, Noel. I haven't seen the Winterbottom film you're talking about here, but I love that Tavernier film. You do a great job of capturing how it lulls you into one mood only to turn to much darker, uglier material. It's a profoundly cynical film about a very cynical world, and the decision to transplant the story into colonial Africa was inspired. Lucien's curdling good nature becomes a symbol for the ways in which a corrupt system ultimately corrupts all those who exist within it, even (or especially) those who are by nature more amiable and kind.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.com