Thursday, May 2, 2013

Twitch: Review: SOMETHING IN THE AIR Inspires Youthful Passion And Energy

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Review: SOMETHING IN THE AIR Inspires Youthful Passion And Energy
May 2nd 2013, 15:01

At the outset, Olivier Assayas's Something in the Air is a biographical nostalgia piece about growing up in the aftermath of the May '68 events in France. But what it really is, is a social experiment in which 18-19 year olds, most of them first-time actors, reenact the youth of perhaps the most volatile time in contemporaneous French society, when the revolution seemed palpable. As it was revealed in my interview with Mia Hansen-Løve (director of Goodbye First Love and the current wife of Assayas), Assayas has a real knack for connecting with and getting great performances out of young actors. (Hansen-Løve herself was in Assayas's Late August, Early September when she was 17 and swears that the experience changed her life.) The French title...

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