A well-known mediocre and warm work

Rowland 2022-03-19 09:01:02

I seldom use the word disgust to describe French movies, but "Untouchable", the French annual box office champion film, accidentally touched my bottom line, and a physical aversion spontaneously arises. In addition, the title of the film is translated as untouchable, which is inaccurate. In fact, the so-called harvest year of French films, from "The Artist" to the film shows the decline of French film originality. The legacy of the New Wave to French cinema has been almost squandered.

The Americans' evaluation of "Untouchable" couldn't be more accurate: everywhere the whites look down on the blacks and enlighten them. Racial superiority abounds. This kind of obscenity towards national integration is reminiscent of the main theme of Chinese movies. Obviously, Hollywood works such as "Driving for Miss Daisy" and "Vintage Cars" are much better with head-up perspectives about racial integration. The French director picks up people's teeth. I still miss the works of "Between the Walls" which face so directly, without avoiding social and racial contradictions in the slightest.

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The Intouchables quotes

  • [while Driss is shaving Philippe, the razor near his jugular]

    Philippe: A quick cut would settle it.

    Driss: You're in great shape. I love it.

  • Driss: [in hysterics at the opera] It's a tree! It's a singing tree! Ha ha ha ha! It's German! He's singing in German!