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 Barnes & Noble Director François Truffauts stark 1975 film The Story of Adèle H. uses a published account of Victor Hugos daughter as a jumping-off point, examining her descent into madness as an obsessive chase. Adèle (Isabelle Adjani) tracks a former lover, Lt. Albert Pinson (Bruce Robinson), over an ocean and two continents. At the beginning the film, she is harassing him in letters from a boardinghouse near his post in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She recites the missives aloud as she looks in the mirror and as she walks down the street, and she lies to her father about an impending marriage to her beau. Truffaut jumbles the film with very jagged editing, especially in Adèles initial confrontation with Pinson. Like someone attacking a canvas with an X-Acto knife, Truffaut cuts in an awkward shot of Adèle lunging toward Pinson, who is turning away. Only a split second in length, it underscores what Truffaut is really doing in this adaptation: atomizing Adèles emotionally unsteady point of view. This serrated quality makes the tragedy all the more compelling; marking The Story Adèle H. as Truffauts finest foray into gothic cinema. Eddy Crouse Interested in the song lyrics? - Check out themostlyrics.com! Looking For A DVD? - Check out dvd-a-rama.com! |
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