Posts Tagged ‘Tom Twyker’
Author: Colin
Put doubts aside
German cinema and I have never seen eye-to-eye. I don’t really get why this is – I am not a man who is fearful of the odd subtitle. If a non-English-language DVD is to be found in my player, it will almost certainly not have dialogue in German. And yet, nearly every time I happen across a piece of German cinema, I’m impressed.
Author: Colin
Hell sent
Yep, well – the film title kind of gives away what the story’s about, doesn’t it? Well, I’d say yes and no, in fact. Perfume (2006) (to give its short title) was a film I came away from thinking: ‘I enjoyed that, but I’m just not sure why.’
The central character is a distinctly unlikeable chap from the off. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw) had a rather unpleasant childhood, that’s for sure, but I don’t think his background had much to do with it. Whishaw, a handsome young chap, manages to play Grenouille so convincingly, he actually looks like the kind of guy you wouldn’t mess with. In one scene, he turns to face the camera and it’s like staring into the face of Satan. Superbly freaky stuff.
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