Matthew is a product of his time, a young man who is not very experienced in the ways of the world but who is willing to partake in the moral relativism that is permeating the culture. Matthew (Michael Pitt, who looks for all the world like Leonardo Di Caprio) is the young American in Paris whom they pull into their strange little world of sexual intrigue and emotional games. In 'The Dreamers,' Isabelle (Eva Green) and Theo (Louis Garrel) are twins who have developed a rather 'unnatural' attraction to one another, becoming 'one' in virtually every way imaginable - physically, spiritually, psychically. Time and culture sure do march on, and it always seems to be the French leading the way. Leave it to the French to be exploring l'amour in all its myriad possibilities! In terms of plotting, 'The Dreamers' is much like an incestuous version of Truffaut's menage a trois classic 'Jules and Jim,' with the new film's subject matter as shocking today as was the earlier film's in its own time. Since the film is set in Paris in 1968, the radicalism naturally takes the form of perverted sexuality and extreme cinephilia. Other than that, crap flick, crap DVD.'The Dreamers' is Bernardo Bertolucci's bizarre and fascinating (if not altogether successful) distillation of the radical '60's mentality. But for my final verdict, I’ll give it an extra ½ star for the effort made by the cast. The only good thing on this disc was one of the two featurettes. It’s totally not the same thing at all, and the “video” is nothing more than a collection of clips cut into Pitt in a recording studio. It’s not like a re-envisioned cover, it’s like they erased Hendrix’s vocal track and plugged in Pitt’s. With this they’ve committed musical blasphemy: actor Michael Pitt covers Jimmi Hendrix classic “Hey Joe”. It’s bad enough the commentary wooed me into a coma. It’s bad enough one of their featurettes makes the flick suck more. Somewhere towards the middle of the commentary I nodded off for four hours.
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Plus all three of them are from different parts of Europe so it’s slightly hard to get through their thick accents. It’s the worst kind of group commentary there is, where everybody is recorded separately. The Commentary from Bertolucci, producer Jeremy Thomas, and writer Gilbert Adair is a hard commentary to sit through. If anything, after watching it you wish they had used more of this backdrop rather than sticking it as bookends to arty porn.
The second, called “Outside the Window: Events in France, May, 1968” is actually quite educational, centering on the real events that inspired crappy plot points in the flick. Entitled “Bertolucci Makes The Dreamers”, it watches the director working with his cast and crew to try and get the best that he can get, and sees him claim he’s not a perv for photographing 20 something’s screwing (being that he’s in his 60's - Sick Freak). The first featurette calls itself a documentary. What the hell? What kind of cop out is that? Isabelle realizes their presence afterwards and prepares to commit suicide, taking Theo and Matt with her. Isabelle and Theo’s parents walk in on the three of them passed out, nakedly interwoven with each other. that is until a brick goes through the window, not only shattering the glass but also shattering the possibility of an interesting ending. The trio pays no attention to what was going on out there and isn’t about to care either. Apocalypse Now breached the topic of the French’s view on Vietnam, but it was cut out only to be restored in it’s Redux version, here it’s used as nothing more than a way to bookend the flick. A rich history and an interesting political take on the time is wasted as nothing more then a casual backdrop. Only then is it slightly brought up but is then quickly thrown aside when Matthew becomes rapidly offended while the twins attempt to shave his region. Outside of the walls of the apartment historical, social, and political change is going on, but it doesn’t phase the trio one bit, not even when they all bathe in the same tub together.
It did not work in The Godfather Part III and it does not work here.
When it appears that Matthew is having too much sex with Isabelle, Theo is angry, jealous, and goes out to find the first person to sleep with him. Put them all in one apartment for some undetermined amount of time and guess what happens: Nudity, Nudity, Nudity. Theo is politically active, chain smokes, and loves naked garbage picking. Isabelle is vibrant, enthusiastic, and likes watching her brother masturbate in the corner.
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Matthew is full of presumptions, thoughts on life, and likes to pee in sinks.
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