{"id":2284,"date":"2007-02-18T15:33:58","date_gmt":"2007-02-18T22:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2284"},"modified":"2021-02-05T16:22:22","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T23:22:22","slug":"charles-dead-or-alive-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2284","title":{"rendered":"Charles, Dead or Alive (1969)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Each of us is defined by what he does. This being the case, the only thing left for me is to undo myself neatly.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Charles-Dead-or-Alive-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Charles-Dead-or-Alive-Poster-171x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Charles-Dead-or-Alive-Poster-171x300.jpg 171w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Charles-Dead-or-Alive-Poster-73x128.jpg 73w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Charles-Dead-or-Alive-Poster.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nOn the 100th anniversary of his family&#8217;s watchmaking company, Charles De (Francois Simon) experiences a midlife crisis and runs away from home. His family hires a private investigator (Walter Schochli) to look for him; in the meantime, Charles enjoys his new life with a young Bohemian couple (Marcel Robert and Marie-Claire Dufour) he has met by chance.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Counterculture<\/li>\n<li>Midlife Crisis<\/li>\n<li>Search<\/li>\n<li>Swiss Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nSwiss director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/alain%20tanner\">Alain Tanner&#8217;s<\/a> feature debut isn&#8217;t quite as accessible as his later masterpieces &#8212; such as <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2279\"><em>Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000<\/em> (1976<\/a> &#8212; but nonetheless effectively showcases his signature style and themes. The smart, literate script is primarily concerned with showing us the inner transformation of the title character (well-played by Francois Simon), doing so through an insightful, sometimes humorous presentation of divergent lifestyle choices. While it may not be for all tastes, <em>Charles&#8230;<\/em> remains recommended viewing for all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Francois Simon as the soul-searching businessman<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Charles-Dead-or-Alive-Simon-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Charles-Dead-or-Alive-Simon-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-69008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Charles-Dead-or-Alive-Simon-1.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Charles-Dead-or-Alive-Simon-1-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Charles-Dead-or-Alive-Simon-1-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Charles-Dead-or-Alive-Simon-1-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Effective b&#038;w cinema verite camera work<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Charles-Dead-or-Alive-Cinematography-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Charles-Dead-or-Alive-Cinematography-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-69009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Charles-Dead-or-Alive-Cinematography-1.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Charles-Dead-or-Alive-Cinematography-1-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Charles-Dead-or-Alive-Cinematography-1-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Charles-Dead-or-Alive-Cinematography-1-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s certainly worth a look as Tanner&#8217;s feature debut, and for holding a special place in the history of Swiss cinema. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0064153\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1972\/08\/27\/archives\/-la-salamandre-a-dangerously-appealing-movie-la-salamandre.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/69083.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Each of us is defined by what he does. This being the case, the only thing left for me is to undo myself neatly.&#8221; Synopsis: On the 100th anniversary of his family&#8217;s watchmaking company, Charles De (Francois Simon) experiences a midlife crisis and runs away from home. His family hires a private investigator (Walter Schochli) to look for him; in the meantime, Charles enjoys his new life with a young Bohemian couple (Marcel Robert and Marie-Claire Dufour) he has met&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2284\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2284"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69011,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284\/revisions\/69011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}