The film which springs most to mind is 'Mortelle Randonnée', with Adjani and
Serrault, where the narrator's voice (the Eye, played by Serrault, in this
case it is not only the voice that sometimes narrates, but the eyes/camera
you see through) - and dislocation from both his and other's reality/ies -
are particularly strong, interesting in view of the recent (and very
peculiarly neutered) interpretation 'the eye of the beholder' with Ashley
Judd (probably the film's only saving grace) and the grossly miscast Ewan
Mac Gregor of the Marc Behm book of the same title (I would recommend the
book, it is not written in the first person though).
However, if 'pure' French films (ie - no American remakes, etc) do then take
your fancy, there are plenty of unreliable narrators to get your teeth in,
and strangely enough (or maybe not), Adjani seems to have made herself a
niche in such films.
Vérène
-----Original Message-----
From: Volker Ferenz <[log in to unmask]>
To: Roland-François Lack <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 14 September 2003 12:16
Subject: Unreliable Narrators in Film
>Dear Members
>
>I was wondering whether anyone knows some more films that use the device of
>the unreliable narrator, such as Detour (1946), The End of the Affair
>(1999), Fight Club (1999), Memento (2000), American Psycho (2000), Spider
>(2002), to name a few examples. What I am looking for is films with a
>strongly personalized narrator that is either ideologically or
>morally "not" normal, or narrators that get the events wrong (factual
>unreliability).
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thank you very much.
>
>Regards,
>
>Volker Ferenz
>
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