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Clunky French Camille Claudel Gets Stuck in Hollywood ATHENA Ra11nicoturses I Schedule and Index I I· I rr~~r,,IIII. · '"L~I IL TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1990 The Tech PAGE 1 - I 'I'' I '' · 'r II I I r ·I·dl -- · I s· , I · r-- _-3 ·- -- r rC·=_ I I- I - - --- -- - A R T S , Clunky French Camille Claudel gets stuck in Hollywood CAMILLE CLAUDEL Directed by Bruno Nuytten. has a severe falling out. She retreats into a toward her younger brother. The film, Camille Claudel is that the film was a Written by Bruno Nuytten and Marilyn reclusive existence and slowly disintegrates however, never gets around to exploring huge critical and financial success in its Goldin. in her isolation. Claudel eventually goes the depth of the dynamic underlying Paul native France. It was nominated for 12 Based on the biography of Camille mad with paranoia and is committed to a and Camille's relationship. Cesars in 1988 and won five of them, in- Claudel by Reine-Marie Paris. mental asylum by her family in 1913. She A different problem plagues the second- cludinlg Best Film and Best Actress. One Starring Isabelle A djan i, Gerard spends the remaining days of her life in ary characters who, on a number of occa- can't help but suspect that Camille Claudel Depardieu, and Laurent Grevill. asylums, and dies in 1943, her art largely sions, are introduced and then left behind won its awards for the same reason that Now playing at the Coolidge Corner. unknown and forgotten. without much indication of how they are Platoon won its awards in the United Claudel's story clearly has a tremendous relevant to Claudel's story. All of these States in 1986. Both films are fairly medi- amount of dramatic potential, so one is By MANAVENDRA K. THAKUR people were important to Claudel's life in ocre and neither film does any significant pressed to wonder why the film falls so one way or another, but the film does not degree of justice to its subject matter. But ALT~LHOUGH CAMILLE CLAUDEL is flat. Perhaps this has to do with the chop- even come close to exploring their influ- both films were hugely successful because ~~from France, it might as well py editing and the scattershot narrative ence on her. One could argue that this is they gave their viewers a chance to ease ~~have been made in a Hollywood structure. In its shallow characterization an act of deliberate understatement, but in their conscience and clean the slate about ~~~back lot. Isabelle Adjani, the and uninspired acting, the film distances the hands of director Bruno Nuytten the events in their collective past. French actress who plays the lead role of itself from Claudel's story at the same techniques just lead to a general muddle. Camille Claudel, seems to have been moti- time that it distances viewers from its The film seems caught between a desire As a result of all these factors, vated by a genuine admiration for the characters. The result is an unsatisfactory, to explore Claudel's art on the one hand, Nuytten's debut film leaves much to be de- turn-of-the-century sculptress and artist. uncompelling film. and to depict the drama of her life's story sired even as it introduces many Ameri- But four years passed between the film's The only actor who rises above the per- on the other -and ends up doing justice cans to a remarkable personality and art- inception and its completion, and during functory nature of the role handed to him to neither. Perhaps the fault lies equally ist. It seems a shame that of all the efforts that time the idea behind the film seems to is Gerard Depardieu, who plays Rodin with the absurdities of the script as with to bring Claudel out of obscurity, the con- have been mangled until the film ended up with a much-needed sense of down-to- the inexperience of the director: This is tribution of this film is the weakest. It also as it is: a clunky, half-baked dramatization earth believability. But his presence is simn- Bruno Nuyltten's first film as director. seems strange that instead of being carried in the Hollywood "biopic' tradition. ply not enough to raise the film from its Not surprisingly (Nuytten was a cinema- away to a foreign country while watching The film begins in 1885 when Camille doldrums - especially considering that tographer --^prior to this film), there are the film, an American viewer is reminded Claudel is a fledgling 20-year-old sculp- the script writes Rodin out of the picture some scenes in Camille Clauldel with some in so many ways of Hollywood and its tress who has to sneak out before dawn to about two-thirds of the way through the breathtaking camera movement. The' sad typically homogenized product. That real- collect the clay she needs to practice her film. part, though, is that these beautiful cam- ization is the most troubling aspect of the art. She meets with, is apprenticed to, and Another lost opportunity comes with era shots don't have much relevance to the film, and that is what should be foremost falls in love with Auguste Rodin (Gerard the character of Claudel's brother Paul story.'bu on Nuytten's list of things to consider as Depardieu), who was renowned in his day (Laurent Grevill), who for most of his life The only remaining . surprise abu he-begins to ponder his next film project. both as a great sculptor and as a seducer sympathized with Claudel, but was also of young women. one of two family members to commit her _~~~___ As time goes by, Claudel's starry-eyed to a mental asylum. Paul must have been admiration for Rodin turns to disquiet and plagued by doubts'over that act for the )& cs -1 )Atts )rts then anger as she concludes that Rodin is rest of his life, because a few years before s r. ' icily~~~~~~r winning acclaim and money bay passing off his death in 1955.,-he wrote in his diary, her work as his own. When Rodins refuses "Always the same tastie of ashes in- riy to marry Claudel (who unbeknownst to mouth when I Phink -Wf-her."': Z",ts; )tsA IL ~s him is pregnant with his child), Claudel For her part, daisdel wasdSw~ays ten~der _ _ _ _____~~~~~-m a Lro I , . I . i .. - ^ ~~T-H-E DOUARS AND , ~~~SENSE OF JOINING ;--AIR FORCE ROTC. ATHENA rA11NICOTURSES I Schedule and Index em ~ ~~~~Air Force ROTC mak~es a lot Febru ary,,ar'ch 1990 of sense for many reasons. Start ~~~~with the dollars: the eligibility to ^P~ ~ ~apply for scholarship programs that can P ~~help pay tuition, books, fees - even provide a $100 tax-free income each month. There's much more - you'll develop management skills and the ability to motivate others. Everything you learn will help you every day of your life. 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