The scene with Gerard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere and Miou-Miou in bed together was considered shocking for 1974 audiences. Pure logic (not to mention our hopes against hope) would have had her killing them and finishing the movie by herself. the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. Italian censorship visa # 64975 delivered on 28 August 1974. Two thugs harass assault, steal, murder, Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor, on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure. In the end this uncompromising and daring film demands respect. (1980), the scene is very poignant in "Since You Went Away." and the Not sure if this counts as a spoiler or not, so beware: As a film which challenges the limits of roguishness, "Les Valseuses" is based on the eponymous best selling book written by Bertrand Blier which sold over 75,000 copies in France. When Mr. When the music stops, all children stop in place. As it turns out, every single one of these character quirks were acquired by Indy during a train ride. I mean the movie is never bad, Gerard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere have great chemistry with each other and it's definitely refreshing to see a movie, even if it's almost 40 years old, that treats its characters without much in the way of sentimentality. When a mysterious magic train appears in front of his house one night, the boy takes a leap of faith and climbs onboard, joining a bunch of children on their way to the North Pole. Drama, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly Reunite to Play. Taking place during the American Civil War, we follow the adventures of Western & Atlantic Railroad Confederate train engineer Johnnie Gray (Keaton) and his beloved locomotive "The General.". His performance shocks, entertains, disgusts and charms you while leaving you breathless. (Pauline Kael), 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Coming Soon. Chantal Ladesou didn't get Marie-Ange's role in this movie because she refused to show her breasts during casting in Paris: "I was asked to take off my bra and my t-shirt," she says. Sadly, the idea of the world's unreality continued to infect Mal, and she later killed herself in real life, believing she was returning to her dream reality. It was released in the United States on 13 May the same year and the United Kingdom on 23 October 1975. There are other movies showing sexual depravity to even more extremes but they don't pretend that what's happening in those movies is okay behaviour. Practically everything about the train is memorable, from the way young Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) manages to find his way to the hidden "Platform 9 " at London King's Cross Station to his first meeting with future best friends Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson). And the best you can say of it is that Blier hasnt been merely imitative. The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. Doc Octopus snatches passengers out of the train with his mechanical arms and hurls them at Spider-Man only for Spidey to weave web hammocks and save them. Gen X veteran film critic Cole Smithey and Millennial filmmaker Mike Lacy copiously consume international politics and culture through the prism of a single film, and a different craft beer, every week.Even the grandest of Bouffers are gonna have a hard time swallowing this 1974 nihilist sexual assault romp with Grard Depardieu and Miou-Miou. Originally only found in the pages of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" books, audiences got to see the train on the big screen in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.". This is a pretty damn good movie, all things considered. Gerard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere also appeared in Bertrand Blier's Oscar-winning 'Get Out Your Hankercheifs.'. When Mal began seeing their dream as reality,Cobb planted the idea that their world was an illusion and woke them both up by allowing a train to run over them. Okay, it's a couple of guys flaunting convention in the most absurd and irredeemable ways; many folks find such behavior amusing. Yet by the end, everyone gets to see just how dangerous Thomas the Tank Engine can be when one of Ant-Man's growth discs accidentally lands on the toy, expanding it to the size of a real train that smashes through the house of Scott's ex-wife and crushes a police car. The movie has a distinct (albeit brutish and rough) humanity for all its borderline depravity - the zippy/lyrical score points up the comic side of their misadventures, and even when they're at their most thuggish (like terrorizing the woman on the train), a semi-pitiful vulnerability lurks never far away (Dewaere sucks on her breasts like a baby). "The Lone Ranger" (2013) was a box office bomb and disappointed audiences. much fun and not for the prudish. With the help of Marie-Ange, they break into the hair salon she works at. the train scene the most expensive scene ever filmed in the silent era, although you can still see bits of it today, most painful and exciting sequences ever filmed in a superhero movie, nearly get flattened by her Thomas the Tank Engine toy train, real-life scar Ford sustained in a car crash, crying Jane running after his departing train to tell him goodbye, speeding train as it hurls toward an unfinished bridge, massive dream train smashes through a city street and rams their tax cab, Cobb planted the idea that their world was an illusion, Mr. , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. Sometimes, what makes a good train scene is all a matter of perspective. Action-adventure films provide exciting fight sequences in (and sometimes on) a high-speed train. If it is impossible to know how the casting would have gone if it had not turned short, the actress readily admits that she would not have "perhaps not had the role anyway". ), but for it took two icons of French film heritage and put them upside down. Impossible? What follows is a magical journey that's equal parts heartwarming movie and roller coaster ride. 83 Metascore. Transportation. "Going Places" is the English title of a 1974 French film with two of the famous actors of the era, Grard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere, as freewheeling hoodlums of highly questionable morality. Italian censorship visa # 69647 delivered on 9 June 1977. Jacqueline being "educated" by Jean-Claude, Pierrot and Marie-Ange. That's not the only problem Doc and Marty (Michael J. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! At one point, Johnnie crosses a bridge and sets it on fire to prevent The General from following. Let's be honest if you could choose only one fantasy train to ride in, the Hogwarts Express would easily top the list. This is a cheerless vision, you will agree, but on the night I went to see Going Places there were people in the audience who persisted in laughing from time to time. They also have plenty of sexual conquests, including one with the young, attractive Marie-Ange (Miou-Miou), and the older ex-con, Jeanne (Jeanne Moreau). We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. From the first moment when we see Patric Dewaere prancing in the abandoned lot we get an idea of the bewilderingly beautiful anti-hero we'll be spending time with for the next couple of hours. Les Valseuses:A Bertrand Blier film which sees a constant rise in its "shock value". I'd give it a ten for atmosphere and performances, but the misogyny of the characters (and, by implication, that of the author, who both wrote the story and filmed it) is too sickening, reaching truly horrifying proportions in the end chosen for Jeanne Moreau's character. "[10], Pauline Kael, on the other hand, writing in The New Yorker, said that "Going Places was perhaps the first film from Europe since Breathless and Weekend and Last Tango in Paris to speak to us in a new, first hand way about sex and sex fantasies; it did it in a terse, cool, assured stylewith a dreamy sort of displacement. Breaking into houses to sniff underwear, feeding on a stranger's breast milk on a public bus, and fornicating in a cab at the request of one of their female subjects were just a few of the whacked escapades these guys were pulling off. The film follows a family traveling by train to reunite with their husband and father before he ships off to fight in World War II. Initially this seems a down and dirty misogynist rant/romp but as the tale and characters unfold a much more tender and honest picture emerges. It is one of the most controversial films in French cinema due to its vulgarity, depiction of sexual acts, nudity and amorality. Dangers aside, riding on the Hogwarts Express ranks high on the wish lists of many fans. I wonder what women think when they see such movies. Please reference Error Code 2121 when contacting customer service. Actress Brigitte Fossey made her presence vital to the story although she had a minor role with hints of sexual aggression. Well, it's the best scene from Sam Raimi's entire trilogy, isn't it. With the "Hero Boy" and "Hero Girl" as our viewpoint characters, we even get a peek at the inner workings of the train, including the engine and a spooky section occupied by a creepy (but friendly) ghost. In short, I am not sure I'd like to meet Grard Depardieu's Jean-Claude and Patrick Dewaere's Pierrot in real life and invite them over for dinner but I had a good time watching the movie and two hours almost flew - it was never boring. They wait at the entrance of a prison and see Jeanne be released. As a pastime, they terrorize old women, rape younger ones, beat up people whose looks they dont like, rob, pillage and vandalize. " He was wearing my Harvard tie. In any event, not much further on down the road they kidnap a dumb blond (thats the only term for her, as portrayed) and she comes along as a sort of sexual punching bag. Heroes like Superman can stop runaway trains with minimal difficulty, but Spidey really has to work for this win. By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. First, that Moreau woman, of "Ascenseur pour l'chafaud", "Moderato cantabile" and "Jules & Jim" fame, makes love to the two boys before killing herself, and then la Fossey, the same actress that I had seen as a little girl in "Forbidden Games" was surprisingly playing a middle-class housewife in a bus, had her bare breasts fondled by the pair of petty thugs played by Depardieu and Dewaere. The film was produced by CAPAC, UPF and Prodis. Going Places is a 1974 French comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Bertrand Blier, and based on his own novel. So Ladesou refused. Director Bertrand Blier revealed, in an interview, that to allow US releases he had to cut the projected end: a final car crash causing the death of the three main characters (Gerard Depardieu, Miou Miou and Patrick Dewaere). For Patrick Dewaere,"Les Valseuses" was a good opportunity to excel alongside Depardieu in a role where he became good friends with Miou Miou too. Let's start with one of the very first iconic train movies now regarded as one of the greatest American films ever made. Still, the Wizarding World is dangerous, and Harry's encountered numerous dangers during his train rides. The opening scene features Pierrot pushing Jean-Claude in a shopping cart as they chase a woman. What's truly remarkable about this scene is that the train that falls into the river really is a full working steam locomotive and cars and not a model. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. I had mixed feelings for "Les Valseuses" (1974) written and directed by Bertrand Blier when I started watching it but I ended up liking it. I guess theyre supposed to come off as pathetic anti-heroes, driven to their cretinism out of terminal ennui. Jean-Claude hands her his gun, saying that she can trust them. Murf the Surf: Jewels, Jesus, and Mayhem in the USA: Season 1, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 1, Link to Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Link to Golden Tomato Awards: Best Movies & TV of 2022, Link to Christian Slater and Jonathan Kasdan Talk. Back then it was UNRATED and was the only movie of its kind ever shown on pay televisionespecially back then. They note that her name is Jacqueline and when they smell her vagina they are sure that this is the Jacqueline whose bathing suit they found in the vacation home. Brigitte Fossey who slipped into this role, "was not scared", but Bertrand Blier still remembers a moment when the actress was a little afraid. The Lone Ranger. Still, I'd recommend it to intelligent people; unfortunately, this is exactly the sort of movie that attracts most strongly the knuckle-dragging stupid. There is no such thing as a sacred territory in this film; everything is fair game. Most of the sex they acquire from grudging or unwilling partners and yet, despite their deeply un-PC behaviour, everyone emerges smiling. Bertrand Blier is indeed l'enfant terrible of French cinema and in the seventies he always could shock the public. Think that'll come out of his alimony payments? All aboard! Train heists are a popular cinema trope, but according to Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), hijacking an 1885 steam train in "Back to the Future Part III" wasn't a stick-up but "a science experiment." Have each child choose a picture and name the mode of transportation. Over the course of the trip, teenager Jane (Jennifer Jones) fall in love with Bill (Robert Walker), a corporal in the U.S. Army. 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