In this blog post, we revisit how one woman became a legend who changed an era through the film ‘Coco Before Chanel’. Although the film Coco Before Chanel wasn’t a box office success, I couldn’t pass it by because Coco Chanel was a fashion designer I deeply admired. The fact that it was a film about her life was intriguing enough, and it became an opportunity to revisit her...
Why wasn’t ‘Taken II’ as intense as the first film?
In this blog post, we analyze why ‘Taken II’ wasn’t as intense as its predecessor, examining the film’s flow with a focus on the limitations and disappointments of sequels. First, to understand ‘Taken II’, you need some knowledge of the first film, ‘Taken’. Watching the sequel without understanding the original can leave the protagonist’s motivations and emotional arc...
Portrait of a Lady on Fire: How Does the Love Between Two Women Become a New Kind of Farewell?
This blog post explores how the love between Marianne and Héloïse in the film Portrait of a Lady on Fire expands into a new narrative of farewell through the Orpheus myth. Set in late 18th-century France, Portrait of a Lady on Fire depicts how women discover and preserve their agency within the confines of arranged marriages. Director Céline Sciamma meticulously portrays the oppression...
‘L’Amour Fou’: How Did It Unravel Yves Saint Laurent’s Complex Inner World?
This blog post explores how the film L’Amour Fou unraveled Yves Saint Laurent’s complex inner world, examining its emotional portrayal of his love and suffering. L’Amour fou Synopsis “Welcome to the Paris auction of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé.” Yves Saint Laurent, the fashion genius who burst onto the scene at age 21 as Dior’s head designer. He met his lifelong...