Movie Review Moon In The Gutter

The moon in the gutter is a sumptuous dazzlingly photographed melodrama that becomes alas relentlessly boring.

Movie review moon in the gutter.

She is a wealthy elusive woman. After his art house crossover hit debut feature diva jean jacques beineix followed it up with the moon in the gutter a noirish fantasy that was mostly eviscerated by critics following its 1983 cannes debut. The moon in the gutter. Powered by justwatch the moon in the gutter is a sumptuous dazzlingly photographed melodrama that becomes alas relentlessly boring.

Although it has gone on to become something of a cult item i think it s safe to say the doubters were right about this one. Audience reviews for the moon in the gutter oct 02 2011 a visually arresting delightfully atmospheric and erotically infused trance dream vision and nightmare. The script is often embarrassingly indulgent but for every failed line action and camera swirl there. The moon is not in the sky it is in the gutter and there it is strangely beautiful reflecting another world that is unobtainable all surface threatening and like a model on a hill.

The movie takes place mostly in a lower class neighbourhood or at the docks where gerard gerard depardieu works and focuses on the women in his life including his tigress girlfriend bella victoria abril as he tries to make sense of his sister s death. It is all style and no heart and the giveaway is that we never really care about the characters even though each one has a suitably tragic story. Full review original score. The moon in the gutter 1983 is directed by jean jacques beineix diva betty blue.