Jacques Rivette's award-winning critically acclaimed film stars Michel Piccoli in one of his finest performances as an artist who ten years previously abandoned his masterpiece entitled 'La Belle Noiseuse' (The Beautiful Troublemaker) a painting of his wife (Jane Birkin). When he encounters the beautiful and fascinating Marianne (Emmanuelle Beart) he is inspired to return to the unfinished canvas using her as his new model. But disturbing tensions develop as the work progresse
This absolute masterpiece is, fittingly enough, concerned with the production of masterpieces and its effect on both artist and subject. A stunningly erotic study of the relationship between an aging artist (the great Michel Picolli) and his beautiful nude model (played with fiery intensity by Emmanuelle Beart), this film revels in bare flesh and the physicality of the body. It also pays close attention to the artistic process, and the many scenes that show the sketching and painting in progress are among the film's best. It's a film that is equally comfortable with long, dialogue-less scenes in which emotion is communicated solely through the gaze and the gesture, and alternately with long scenes of conversation in which the ideas of art, love, lust, and desire are bandied about and explored in depth. Artificial Eye's DVD transfer is nicely handled, capturing the film's moody visuals and muted palette very well. Some meatier extras might have been appreciated, but the film is more than good enough to stand on its own.
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