Item #: 12433 Category: NEW RELEASE Format: VHS MPAA Rating: R

Woolly Rating: 4/10 (116 votes)

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JD	Apr 30, 2001 @ 8:29:44

JACQUES THE RIPPER
APPARENTLY A "LOVE" STORY ABOUT A SULLEN, INCOMMUNICATIVE MAN WHO ROUTINELY MURDERS PROSTITUTES IN FITS OF IMPOTENT RAGE WHO BECOMES OBSESSED WITH AN ANOREXIC WOMAN WITH THE HAUNTED LOOK OFTEN USED TO SYMBOLIZE SAINTHOOD, BUT WHICH TURNS OUT TO BE MENTAL ILLNESS. IT WAS HARD TO TELL WHAT WAS GOING ON, WITH THE AWFUL CINEMATOGRAPHY (IT SOMETIMES LOOKED LIKE IT WAS FILMED OFF A T.V. SCREEN) AND THE WHITE SUBTITLES DISAPPEARING INTO A LIGHT BACKGROUND. THE WORD "SOMBRE" TRANSLATES TO "DARK," 90% OF THE FILM LOOKS LIKE IT WAS PHOTOGRAPHED BY FLASHLIGHT, BUT THEY STILL FOUND ENOUGH LIGHT PATCHES TO LOSE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE DIALOGUE. OCCASIONAL BEAUTIFUL IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE CRAPPY PHOTOGRAPHY WAS INTENTIONAL, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF PRETENTIOUS-TO-THE-POINT-OF-PSYCHOTIC FRENCHINESS.

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