Since the inception of cinema, love has been one of the most pressing topics in the global film industry: French, American, Asian, Soviet, and now Russian. Each author has his own truth about this romantic feeling. 2015 was a fruitful year for the premieres of paintings singing love and all its components, for example, the French-Belgian “Love”, the Russian “About Love” and “Bet on Love”.
In an erotic perspective
Compositionally, the project of Gaspard Noe is a series of memories-episodes that pop up in the minds of the central character. The actors of the film “Love” (2015) tell the story of the main characters from the end - from the collapse of love to its awakening, and after the sobering sensation of its irreparable loss. An interesting fact from the preparatory process can serve as a casting picture. The fact is that of the main actors, only Carl Glusman was the professional actor in the ensemble. His on-screen partners Aomi Muyok and Klara Kristin were random acquaintances of the director, not versed in the features and subtleties of the profession. Speaking about the actors of the film “Love” (2015), Gaspard Noé claimed that he did not direct them at all during the shooting of spicy scenes. The director only indicated how they needed to be placed relative to the cameras, and after that only recorded what was happening.
Starring Carl Glusman, talking about how the actors of the film Love (2015) were preparing to shoot, stated that, as directed by the director, they reviewed a lot of sensual films, including Empire of Feelings, Now Don't Watch and Intimacy. " The director did not make other demands.
In general, speaking of the picture, the emphasis should be shifted from a more far-fetched scandalousness, which was significantly aggravated by the hypocritical ban, to a more significant question about the artistic features of the tape. Moreover, the praise of film critics was awarded to all the components of the film “Love” (2015): actors, directing and visualization, script, musical accompaniment.
More than just a rum
The film “About Love” by director Anna Melikyan is a very successful project, at the same time inventive, frank and smart, yet quite visually bold, so it can be safely recommended for viewing, even to those who neglect the genre of romantic comedies. Domestic film critics were inclined to position the work of the director as one of the main Russian films of 2015, since About Love is much more than just a rum.
Extremely viewer picture consists of four short stories about love. They are combined by a lecture by the heroine Renata Litvinova on the nature of feelings - hormones, chemistry, etc. Actors with star status - from M. Efremov and E. Tsyganova to Yu. Snigir and young A. Bortich are involved in the film “About Love” (2015) .
Saturated with relevant humor, the funny picture looks surprisingly easy, despite the timing of 115 minutes, although it cannot be called a new stage in the development of domestic cinema.
Crime Sports Comedy
Much more meticulously the critics took the debut independent full-length work of Artem Mikhalkov. “Betting on Love” turned out to be an implausible and partly ridiculous crime comedy about an Armenian who decided to win the poker championship. The romantic line, of course, is present in the film, but it is pushed into the background.
The role of the main character of the tape was played by the popular Armenian comedian Hovhannes Azoyan, who had not previously starred in Russian cinema. In the project of Mikhalkov, he resembles a sad clown, the image is supported by appropriate remarks. In addition, his voice was duplicated, it is felt immediately. After all, it is difficult for the viewer to believe that the young guy has a voice like a life-hardened middle-aged man. The other actors of the film “Bet on Love” (2015) are not impressed with their skill. The only exception is Alexander Revva, who reincarnated as an American poker fraudster of Soviet origin. The scenes with the participation of the actor are the best in comedy, but they are few, so they decorate the project, but they do not save.