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Greg Mottola recommended The 400 Blows (1959) in Movies (curated)

 
The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
1959 | Drama
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"One of the reasons this movie is important to me is that I’m a big fan of personal storytelling; people who tell their own stories and tell them vividly and honestly, and without sentimentality. It’s such a beautiful, naturalistic film, but unlike a lot of movies about children, it is devoid of sentimentality, but it’s also incredibly rich with emotion, which are two different things. It’s a painful movie in a lot of ways, but it’s just never cheap. There’s nothing cheap about the depiction of that young man’s life. It’s also one of the best child performances I’ve ever seen in a movie, because he’s a very specific character, but there’s nothing about him that feels forced, or that the filmmakers are trying to make you like him or pity him in a phony way. Jean-Pierre Leaud clearly had something special that is fascinating to watch; he’s really funny and charming, but also it’s strange to see a child character depicted so richly — he’s got flaws, there are sh***y things about him, but he captures all of it."

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Sammeh Lowry (15 KP) rated Fix You in Books

Jul 13, 2019  
Fix You
Fix You
Carrie Elks | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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How can anyone not like this book? I am absolutely failing to see how!

From the prologue you can tell that Hanna has something she desperately needs to tell Richard and you soon come to realise that he is not happy at seeing her at this point,that had me gripped from the get go! The story flips through different years and parts of Hanna's and Richards life together and apart,not everything is rosy and happy all of the time. I loved how Carrie Elks writing left me breathless in parts,screaming WHAT in parts and grinning like a Cheshire cat in other parts! It held my attention for large periods of time (this is very hard to do) and captivated me with the flawed but wonderful characters. This isn't your normal we fall in love,someone does something the other one doesn't like,they split up and then they get back together happily ever after. Oh no. Strap yourselves in you are in for a rocky ride!