Late August, Early September 就是一个很好的例子. Thirty-Something 的友谊现实爱情.
More people die of heartbroken。 爱情和绝症并不老套， 天天都在发生， 没有爱情就是最可怕的病，
这里是一些影评:
"It is in the thirties we want friends," F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote. "In the forties, we know that they can’t save us any more than love did." This beautifully orchestrated French film directed by Olivier Assayas provides a thought-provoking and engaging meditation upon this truth.
"Idealism gives way to compromise for a group of frustrated friends in Olivier Assayas’ modest yet moving new film."
In "Late August, Early September," the characters are constantly tempted by both bitterness and guilt. Assayas understands those temptations, but he doesn’t give in to them. The cautious hopefulness of the film lies in the characters’ realization that there is a life to be lived -- a good life -- beyond the compromises we are all forced to make.
唯独影片最后三分之一突然变得琐碎而敷衍，黑屏分隔手法出现过多，让人感觉剪辑不够从容，节奏稍显仓促。不过人物刻画算是比较成功，平分秋色的两位女主角让我印象深刻：让娜·巴利巴尔的精灵古怪表情，维吉妮·拉朵嫣一触即发的蛮横暴烈性格，都很有生活气息感。
私下认为这部跟《爱我就搭火车》有不少类似之处，同样是描写高级知识分子圈里一个知名人物死后给身边亲人朋友带来的影响。两部作品都给我这种印象：在这个圈子里，作家彼此之间既有着深厚的情谊，也暗藏着彼此嫉妒的龌蹉心理，比如这部影片里男主角在好友死去之后对其作品的态度与评价就能见一斑。文人相轻的道理看来在西方也是同样适用。
影片最精彩的要数配乐。出自马里传奇吉他大师Ali Farka Touré的布鲁斯作品，时而欢快轻盈，时而哀怨动人，清澈的吉他弹奏里透出跃动的画面感，绝对是令我意想不到的非洲民谣珍宝！Goye Kur和Hawa Dolo这两首极力推荐。
情节简单, 但真实亲切, 情感真挚.
Late August, Early September 就是一个很好的例子. Thirty-Something 的友谊现实爱情.
More people die of heartbroken。
爱情和绝症并不老套， 天天都在发生， 没有爱情就是最可怕的病，
这里是一些影评:
"It is in the thirties we want friends," F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote. "In the forties, we know that they can’t save us any more than love did." This beautifully orchestrated French film directed by Olivier Assayas provides a thought-provoking and engaging meditation upon this truth.
"Idealism gives way to compromise for a group of frustrated friends in Olivier Assayas’ modest yet moving new film."
In "Late August, Early September," the characters are constantly tempted by both bitterness and guilt. Assayas understands those temptations, but he doesn’t give in to them. The cautious hopefulness of the film lies in the characters’ realization that there is a life to be lived -- a good life -- beyond the compromises we are all forced to make.