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Valentin 2022-09-17 05:02:34
afternoon love
Excerpts from the monologue:
On the train, I like to read books more than newspapers, not just because the books are light, but because the newspaper is not enough to attract me, and most importantly, it does not take me out of the space in front of me. Traveling allows me to read without...
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Adolphus 2022-09-29 15:40:59
Rohmer's Free Will
"Afternoon Love" is really dramatic! It is very different from the "Comedy and Proverbs" and "Four Seasons" series, and even different from the other five in "Six Tales". Bourgeois Frederick in "Afternoon Love" is a rare character who revives himself with free will. Directors such as Buñuel spared...
Françoise Verley
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Frédéric: [voice over] I love the city. The suburbs and provinces depress me. Despite the crush and the noise, I never tire of plunging into the crowd. I love the crowd as I love the sea. Not to be engulfed or lost in it, but to sail on it like a solitary pirate, content to be carried by the current, yet strike out on my own the moment it breaks or dissipates. Like the sea, a crowd is invigorating to my wandering mind. Almost all my ideas come to me in the street.
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Frédéric: I like seeing the streets full of people. That's the charm of Paris. Nothing's worse than afternoons in the suburbs. I can't tell you how depressed I get.
The Colleague: Really? You dread afternoons too? Even in Paris, I don't feel quite right until 4:00.
