- ISBN13: 9780788833397
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Description
Widely acclaimed as a motion picture masterpiece, BELLE DE JOUR is an erotically charged tale of deceit and desire! Beautiful Catherine Deneuve (INDOCHINE) stars as Severine, a perfect young housewife … who leads a shocking double life. What her loving husband Pierre doesn’t know is that by day she’s a high-priced prostitute! But when the dangerous obsession of a customer forces her terrible secrets out into the open, Pierre must decide whether to reject her for what she … More >>
#1 by Brent Rohde on April 26, 2010 - 5:01 am
“Belle de Jour” is widely acclaimed as a masterpiece. I would like to know: by whom? Certainly by nobody with high self-esteem. If art’s highest purpose is to project life as it ought to be, then, according to this film’s creators, life ought to be seen as dispensable, drab, meaningless, and amoral. What is virtue? “Belle de Jour” doesn’t know and doesn’t care. What is coherent plot and characterization? “Belle de Jour” puts on a blindfold and pins a tale on neither. What sort of role best suits a stunningly beautiful actress? “Belle de Jour” says let’s stick Catherine Deneuve in a pillory of an ugly, thankless role and spit at her as a self-loathing, self-deluded prostitute. What is “Belle de Jour”? Worthless.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by Anonymous on April 26, 2010 - 5:46 am
Horrible example of passe erotica…PG-13 by today’s standards. Not in the same league as The Story of O, Emmanuel, or The Image.
This films fails at every level to excite the viewer. I saw this in the theatre a few years ago and it put my wife to sleep. If another woman doesn’t get excited by what’s transpiring in an erotic film…why would it be worth anything?
I can’t find one reason to recommend this boring, less than erotic story about a housewife turned hooker. A hooker that never has sex on camera or anyplace else!
Save your money.
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by Anonymous on April 26, 2010 - 6:43 am
Ok erotica fans…I saw this loser in the theatre in 1995. It was a complete waste of time and money…if you are looking for a good looking woman getting deiciplined and sexually provoked, save your money! This film is no more “erotic” than one of Madonna’s video’s from the early 1990s! You could watch this film on broadcast television, by today’s standards. Until I discover something made better than “The Image” or “The Story of O”, I’d save your money and don’t waste any time on this slow moving, farce of a picture.
If you enjoy an “artsy-fartsy” film with no nudity or S/M scenes…then this IS your film. Its certainly not worth my time.
Rating: 1 / 5
#4 by Anonymous on April 26, 2010 - 9:39 am
Somewhat disappointed, very limited action, easy enough to follow.
Rating: 3 / 5
#5 by P. H. on April 26, 2010 - 12:05 pm
I found this movie to be a fascinating story about the trauma that can be caused to those we love when we allow our fantasies and daydreaming to interfere with our actual lives. I was constantly wondering where I would draw the line if I was the heroine. The experience allowed me to visualize the mayhem that could be caused by to much fantasy/daydreaming.
Rating: 1 / 5