THE DREAMERS:
(or The evil twins in the land of movie make-believe)

This one was rated NC-17. So there's an R-rated version and an NC-17 version. So be careful, don't get gypped.

This one has an actress called Eva Green who plays a character called "Isabelle" that's one of one of the sexiest creations I have ever seen.
Ok, now by sexy do I mean, "oh what a pretty smile and attractive face she has" and "Wow, she looks so curvy and nubile when she takes her clothes off".
No, no, no, it's WAAAAY more than that. It's that kind of sexy that digs down deep. You know, the kind that sort of scares you because it hints at something that's darkly seductive and purposely chaotic. It's in the way she moves. It's in the way she turns and smiles in a playful, predatory way which unnerves and arouses simultaneously. You're not sure if the character is going to kill you or have sex with you. And yeah, it's the sight of her standing naked which makes you think not of playboy playmates but of Greek statues.

In one scene she stands topless in front of a dark hallway while wearing long black gloves. She arranges her body so she looks exactly like the armless Venus de Milo. Exactly. It's spooky. Isabelle is the devil and the angel combined, but it's just a game she's playing and she's amused by how effective she is at it. "Oh so this is some sex film with some sexy girl? That's nothing new, Talma." No, this one's French. So right away you know something's going to be a bit odd and deeply philosophical with the sexual relationships. It's not just casual flings in the bedroom, it's about deeply intimate, life-changing connections.

The three main characters are film freaks in 60's France where people didn't just watch films, they worshiped them. Films were philosophy and life and rebellion. They were drugs that inspired great emotions. And these three are totally drunk on films. There's the American boarding student, and then there are the brother and sister: Isabelle and Theo. The brother and sister are twins. Like two halves of the same person. Like if you combined the Wonder twins of the super fiends with vampires who fed on the corruption of innocence.

They love introducing the tourist into their weird "Peter Pan" world of no rules and uninhibited passion. It's all about passion for film, passion for connection, just break down those boundaries of safe conformity, dream a dream of luscious frivolity and delicious maliciousness and unapologetic honesty. The three spend most of the time in the twin's multi-roomed apartment. They create their own little world. The push each other's limits. It's psycho-sexual. And it is filled to the brim with movie references from things like Greta Garbo, Fred Astaire and Todd Browning's "Freaks". They model their very existence on the allure of the Cinema. Viva la Cinema!

And if you're not up to date on the specifics on the social rebellion atmosphere in France at that time, you can check out the hour long documentary included on the DVD.

And check out the cool preview for GARDEN STATE on the extras page. Totally can't wait to see that film. That's the one with Natalie Portman and Zach Braff (from the TV show "Scubs"). It's one of those great and sublime previews with just a quiet and hypnotic song playing over a succession of very intriguing images. It looks great, should be out soon.

There's also the Preview for "the Dreamers" itself which has such a great use of Hendrix's "Hey Joe". It's a version done by Michael Pitt who plays the American tourist in the film. He does a pretty damn good version of the song. And it's used to great effect in the film too.