This is largely because - are you ready? - they aren't actors Noé met both Glusman and Muyock in a club one night and asked them to star. The writing is there, but the actors just cannot grasp it. The real issue with "Love" is the lack of chemistry between Murphy and Elektra - we just don't see it, pretty much ever. The story does drag often, and the film overall could've cut out 10-15 minutes of filler. Nonlinear storytelling is clear, concise, and there's some really neat editing at parts. The cinematography is good but relies too heavily on saturation but it's never really an issue. The film is directed really well by Noé, who by now should know well enough how to make it all super claustrophobic and uncomfortable for the viewer. However, after the relationship embraces polyamory and swingers culture, only one of the two is emotionally stable enough to handle it. To discover more short films, click here.Overly ambitious project about a millennial love arc that ends in heartbreak, but what are the lessons learned? Murphy (Karl Glusman) is an open-minded film student in Paris who meets Elektra (Aomi Muyock), and the two embrace their high sex drives with giddyness. For more details on Noé's short, visit YSL's YouTube or Indiewire, too. Featuring Sebastian's remix of Donna Summer' club classic "I Feel Love". The unsettling strangeness of those girls gravitating around Charlotte Rampling, the mysterious and haunted priestess." This "Saint Laurent - Summer of '21" short film is directed by French filmmaker Gaspar Noé, director of the films I Stand Alone, Irreversible, Enter the Void, Love (3D), Climax, as well as Lux Æterna most recently. Dreaminess and tension, decadence and danger, like a false torpor. Official description from YSL: "A world bathed by a red, hazy, velvety light, reminiscent of the glory years of giallo or the interiors of Saint Laurent shops from another era. Thanks to Indiewire for the tip on this short. This is just another flashy fashion commercial, but Noé makes it mesmerizing to watch. It's described as a style "reminiscent of the first Saint Laurent Rive Gauche boutiques of the sixties," though it also clearly has a Suspiria vibe to it. "A world bathed by a red, hazy, velvety light, reminiscent of the glory years of Giallo… Dreaminess and tension, decadence and danger." This 8-minute short stars legendary actress Charlotte Rampling, along with the models Anok, Antonia, Assa, Aylah, Clara, Grace, Kim, Mica, Miriam, Sora, and Stefania. Following his partnership with fashion brand Yves Saint Laurent to make his super freaky fun Cannes film Lux Æterna, he's produced another film for them - this time to introduce YSL's Summer of '21 collection by Anthony Vaccarello. Time for another mesmerizing, over-saturated trip with filmmaker Gaspar Noé.
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