Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz

French director Eric Rohmer’s third film is a coming-of-age story,
comically looking at the human condition. It is seen through the innocent
eyes of the wise beyond her years 15-year-old, Pauline (Amanda Langlet),
who is left by her parents to finish off the waning days of her summer
vacation with her older cousin, the very attractive blonde, Marion (Arielle
Dombsale). Marion is about to get a divorce is staying alone at her brother’s
vacation house in Granville, a beach resort along the Brittany coast which
is a train ride away from Paris.

The beauty in the film is in the natural way the slight story evolves
and how tense it gets when love and desire become the main topics that
are burning in these very ordinary characters’ minds. Marion tells Pauline
that her marriage was a mistake because she couldn’t love her husband,
that she mistook being faithful for love. That she is now waiting for love,
for something to burn inside her; that love has to be natural, it can’t
be forced. Marion comes on as the sophisticated and worldly person, who
really understands what love is. Pauline, who is a virgin, states that
she doesn’t know what love is, but to love someone you must know them.

When the girls go to the beach, which is a few miles from their house,
Marion runs into a handsome man, Pierre (Pascal Greggory), whom she dated
before she married. He’s her mirror image, as they could be taken for brother
and sister. They haven’t seen each other for 5 years and seem glad to have
met again, as he is interested in giving her lessons on windsurfing and
she wants him as a friend. It seems like these two are a natural to hit
it off, as Pierre is eyeballing her and is drooling over her perfect body.
But an acquaintance of his, Henri (Fedoor Atkine), comes along the beach
and introduces himself to them. He’s a divorced ethnologist, who has a
5-year-old daughter temporarily vacationing with him. He soon manages to
invite them all over to his beachfront house for dinner, even though Pierre
tries to get rid of him and stop this dinner date.

At Henri’s, they drink wine and talk in a longwinded manner about
love and relationships. Henri comes on as a free spirit, living only for
the moment. Pierre can only state that love for him is to be found only
with someone he could trust. Rohmer is making sport of the adults and how
phony they are. As Pierre is dying for Marion’s love, even if he doesn’t
trust her. While Marion rejects Pierre and jumps into bed that same night
with the snake-like Henri, not seeing that he doesn’t love her. The only
one who talks with a straight tongue is Pauline.

The next day at the beach, the unsophisticated Pauline is spotted
by a handsome boy her age, Sylvain (Brosse), who is vacationing with his
parents. They get a chance to know each other when Henri invites them over
to his house to listen to some records and they end up dancing together.
When Pauline feels more comfortable with him and Henri leaves them alone
to run some errands, they go into the bedroom and fool around in the bed.
Marion stops in to see Henri and sees them together in bed, but leaves
without saying anything. At home she tries to warn Pauline about boys like
that who chase after girls, but Pauline says she can make up her own mind.
Meanwhile, Pierre feels both women have made bad choices in men and jealously
speaks against Henri to Marion.

The big event in the film is when Marion and Pauline go on a day
trip sightseeing to the tourist spot at Mont St-Michel, and Henri sees
this as an opportunity to go swimming with the lady who sells candy on
the beach (Rosette). She’s someone he has had sexual relations with before,
and is thrilled by her imperfections. Since Sylvain can’t meet Pauline
on the beach he goes back with Henri and the candy seller to Henri’s. Pierre
purposely passes by Henri’s house and sees the candy seller in the nude
in Henri’s room, and later on Marion comes by looking for Henri and spots
the naked woman. To explain the nude lady Henri tells her that she’s with
Sylvain, but his lie upsets everyone and exposes how artificial he is.

The charm in the story is in how despite all the gossip and lies
and perversions Pauline sees, she grows up that summer and sees through
all the deceits of the adults. Rohmer does it without a strong plot, but
by his ability to have the characters play out who they are in a realistic
way. The rejected lover Pierre is a bore; Henri is a sly lover using fancy
words to manipulate others; Marion is someone who doesn’t understand herself
and is feeding herself lies about who she is and what she wants. Only Pauline
comes through this vacation with a worthwhile summer romance.

The pleasure in the film is in its simplicity. The natural way it
was filmed makes it a pleasant viewing experience, probably reminding the
viewer of some similar experience they might have had on the beach.

The Enquirer
? March 9, 2010

A truck driver and his passenger were hurt Tuesday when their tractor-trailer overturned on the ramp from northbound Interstate 275 to westbound Interstate 74 in Whitewater Township.

Here's how the Hamilton County sheriff's office describes the accident:

A 2007 Freightliner operated by Gene B. Tinson, 73, of Wellington, Ky., was traveling northbound at 8:27 a.m. on the ramp from I-275 to westbound I-74 when the truck?s load shifted.

The weight shift caused the rig to exit the left side of the roadway and turn over onto its left side. The load consisted of one large bundle of coiled steel weighing approximately 32,000 pounds.

Tinson was taken to University Hospital by the Whitewater Township Fire Department for treatment of injuries. He is listed in good condition. A passenger riding in the tractor was also taken to University for treatment of injuries received in the crash. The passenger is identified as Phyllis Tinson, 68, also of Wellington, Ky. She is also listed in good condition.

The ramp was shut down for approximately three hours.

Alcohol and/or drugs were not a factor in the crash. Tinson was cited for failure to maintain reasonable control of a motor vehicle.

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Schweiger is an appealing discovery, a smooth-faced yet ruggedly
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The gay element is big in “Maybe . . . Maybe Not,” which is set in
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“I think all heteros should go gay,” Norbert says (in subtitle)
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The title “Maybe . . . Maybe Not” is unfortunate, coloring the
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Subtitles/Captions in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese with remote access

2 Documentaries

Packaging: Amaray

1 Disc

1-Sided disc(s)

Layers: dual
This DVD re-release is billed as a Collector's Number, but the tantalizing prospect of immense appended materials soon vanishes. Nicholson, Towne, Polanski and producer Robert Evans have all participated in unusual interviews, which are sprinkled generously through three accompanying documentaries.
The Beginning and the End
(19m:30s) goes over the project's dead letter, and how Towne wrote the part specifically for Nicholson;
Filming
(25m:36s) has many, varied stills from the set, and
The Legacy
(9m:40s) emphasizes Jerry Goldsmith's mark (written in nine days!), and the movie's warm deprecatory reception. (The copy on the master b crush of the package promises a fourth piece,
Acting

Chinatown

, but it's not on the disc.) The only other thing here is an original trailer, and this all becomes sort of galling, especially when you lay eyes on that the film's far poor sequel,

The Two Jakes

, sports a Nicholson commentary track. Where's the look at the story Towne used, or an excerpt from Carey McWilliams'
Southern California: An Islet on the Land
? An appreciation of the film's impact (
L.A. Confidential

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Extras Grade:

C

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Genre

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Pet Shop of Horrors might have been a bit too weird and freaky for me, as I just couldn’t get into it. The concept for the series and the ironic end for each pet owner was interesting, though I can’t say I looked forward to the next episode, where the same pattern basically repeated itself. The character designs and animation itself were both great though.

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Pet Shop of Horrors is presented in 1.33:1 full frame. The print used for this collection had no marks or lines that I could see; they looked terrific. During the episodes, I didn’t detect line noise or any of the rainbow effects common in some anime films. The visuals were quite good as well, varying between rich blacks and vibrant colors depending on the locale.

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Pet Shop of Horrors is presented in both Japanese Dolby Stereo 2.0 and English Dolby Digital 5.1. In both, the tracks are primarily center channel based, as these episodes are almost entirely dialogue driven. The main advantage of the 5.1 track is that it separates voices off screen into the surrounds. Dialogue in both tracks is clean, easy to understand, and free of distortion.

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For extras, Pet Shop of Horrors includes an audio commentary by the English director and two of the English voice actors, the deleted music video opening, eleven trailers for other Urban Vision DVDs, English subtitles, and weblinks.

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Furthermore, Hopkins and Julianne Moore are
superbly matched in this spine-tingling thriller
that continues to dazzle the audience's imagination.
Let's face it: Hannibal Lecter is the most famous
serial killer in the world.

Hannibal

begins with a botch FBI operation
where Clarice Starling (Moore) shots a female
drug lord (Hazelle Goodman) with a baby strapped
to her body. The resulting fury in the press makes
Starling a target at work and justice official,
Paul Krendler (Ray Liotta) takes particular delight
in harassing her. Suddenly, she's reassigned to
the cold case of Dr. Hannibal Lecter, where there
are few leads. Of course, the FBI still wants
to capture Lecter as doesn't his only surviving
victim, Mason Verger played by an unbilled Gary
Oldman. The wealthy Verger is intent on revenge
and he has posted a sizable reward.

Meanwhile, in Florence, Lecter has surfaced as
a lecturer for a private museum and unexpected
piqued the curiosity of Inspector Pazzi (Giancarlo
Giannini). His boredom has gotten the better of
him and he's hoping that Starling is back on the
case. Verger, too, realizes that to draw Lecter
out, he must entice him with bait: Clarice Starling.

Hannibal

joins distinguished company (

The
Godfather II, The Empire Strikes Back

and

Aliens

) as one of the few sequels to be
as good as the first film. Ridley Scott created
the original artistic

Alien

film which
spawned the wildly popular glossy sequel that
is also a good stand-alone movie. While the original

Silence of the Lambs

was a detailed, emotional
look at the phenomon of serial killing – the killer,
the hunt and the psychological ramifications upon
the society at large, it was also a clever cat-and-mouse
game between a jailed killer and a young ambitious
FBI agent.

Hannibal

features a mature Clarice Starling
who is an accomplished law enforcement officer
but a sad woman. She doesn't seem to have a personal
life or any friends. I'm sure this follows the
book which has a different ending than the movie,
however, it also sets up Starling to take her
place next to Scott's other fierce heroine, Ripley
in the

Alien

series. The director is as
comfortable with powerful action-oriented women
as he is with his male heroes. It would have been
interesting to see what Jody Foster would have
done to the role but Julianne Moore, best known
for her chameleon-like performances in

The
End of an Affair, Safe, Boogie Nights

and

Magnolia

, is excellent as the icy Starling.
She's learned to conceal her emotions since last
meeting Lecter but she hasn't learned to stop
making foolish moves when facing such a killing
machine.

So, what is different? Everything! Hannibal Lecter
is loose and we glimpse him in his comfortable
cultured milieu cleverly passing judgment on the
people around him. Anthony Hopkins (

The Remains
of the Day, Legends of


the Fall

) gives
Lecter a sophisticated, bon vivant air as he taunts
Starling with clues and duels with the Italian
detective and the vengeful Verger. That's why
the ending will blow the audience away because
just when you're comfortable with him – and even
root for his escape – Lecter shows his true colors.
It is astonishing!

No doubt Ridley Scott will be criticized for
the violence and horror in the movie but considering
that the film is about Lecter and his particular
manner of killing, it makes perfect sense. Scott
wisely reprises snippets from the first movie
- the kindly prison guard, Barney (Frankie R.
Faison), the challenge to Starling's authority,
her habit of lonely jogs and the reference to
her poor upbringing. He also satisfies the audience's
appetite for revenge against people who abuse
their power. Also, his casting of Gary Oldman,
an actor who loves masks but doesn't need them
astonish audiences, is wonderful Oldman's rye
humor is perfect here just as his sarcastic arrogance
works in

The Contender

. Also, good is Ray
Liotta (

Goodfellas

) as the hateful government
official and veteran Italian actor, Giancarolo
Giannini (

Seven Beauties

) as the greedy
cop. However, the real pearl of "Hannibal" is
superb rendering of a man that we should not become
too fond of because, after all, he is a killer.

Hannibal

shouldn't be missed.