Review of Colette (2018) by Kevin D — 13 Oct 2018

Cinematography: 9.529/10 The film flows well and looks good. Talk about subtlety infusing the camera as a part of the story. .

Costume Design: 9.522/10 Costume becomes a necessary point in the film to acknowledge: it's not only useful for the story?-? but works well and looks good for the overall film.

Film Editing: 9.872/10 Solid. Really nice balancing throughout the film in conjunction with the story. Very intimate. .

Make-up and Hair-styling: 9.879/10 Solid. .

Sound Editing: 9.792/10 Solid.

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Visual Effects:9.459/10 Solid. .

Story: 9.792/10 Solid.

Acting: 9.812/10 Solid. .

Personal: Colette offers history through entertainment in a very accurate, only seemingly subtle?-? though very present?-? sense. The film has a strong focus on gender-social relations which stands on a foreground though is so backhanded. Through all the festivity, culture?-?sounds of life for their, Colette and Willy's, time?-?Collette glamorizes the neck which she adorns for all to gaze in awe and curiosity. Colette is a film about talent and particular social relationships through a scope?-?a limited sense, though a world nonetheless to and of other lives with only so much being capable of being revealed through the film. .

Is this a Feminist film? Loaded term, right? I wouldn't say so?-?but, it calls attention to women in insufferable relationships seeking their freedoms and finding their ways about expressing them. Many interesting psychological questions arise from watching Colette: are women acting accordingly within the film to truly express themselves, or to try their hand at being like the ones in the positions which distress them unequivocally, or in spite of individuals (in this case men, though a situation rises between women concerning control and reputation which seems to ultimately support an idea of self and reputation in the film) seemingly oppressing them? There's definitely a large showing of women attempting to express themselves and admiring other women doing so. There is seemingly spiteful dialogue concerning men in a general sense which may be irking for guys none the like of the accused men especially since it's coming primarily from a women with particular wants herself.

There are many boundaries to assess with a film like Colette. I don't think the film is a timely film: I simply think it is a film which further contributes to an ongoing though more public conversation of female countenance and draws the idea of being a man into question among other incredulous societal orders. Sadly, people attempt to be selfish in negative ways that don't benefit societies. Thinking of Colette really makes me think of human conditions which vary society to society, neighbor to neighbor, individual to individual though affect discourses of times. .

It's one thing to talk, live, and think business. It's another thing to talk, live, and think biased, stereotyping, and prejudiced. Colette is a really good film offering a grand stage for inquiry. How much does curiosity, inexperience, and naivete play in an individual's development? What is the city versus the country to Colette(very nice subtle touch in the film?-?very poetic)? .

Overall: 9.707/10.

-K.D.

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