{"id":2364,"date":"2007-03-07T15:18:11","date_gmt":"2007-03-07T22:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2364"},"modified":"2021-11-13T21:25:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T04:25:44","slug":"salamandre-la-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2364","title":{"rendered":"Salamandre, La (1971)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The girl&#8217;s name is Rosemonde.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Poster-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Poster-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Poster-89x128.jpg 89w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Poster-719x1024.jpg 719w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Poster.jpg 1124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo writer friends (Jean-Luc Bideau and Jacques Denis) research a contested news story concerning an enigmatic young woman (Bulle Ogier) who may have deliberately shot her uncle.\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>Character Studies<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Swiss Films<\/li>\n<li>Working Class<\/li>\n<li>Writers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAlain Tanner&#8217;s second feature film &#8212; a clever satire on the writing process and &#8216;truth&#8217; in reporting &#8212; provocatively explores the nature of veracity in storytelling, and the ways in which personal involvement inevitably skews our perception. While not as pointed as his debut film &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2284\"><em>Charles, Dead or Alive<\/em> (1969)<\/a> &#8212; or as openly humorous as his later, more accessible ensemble film <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2279\"><em>Jonah, Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000<\/em> (1976)<\/a>, <em>La Salamandre<\/em> remains a classic entry in Tanner&#8217;s oeuvre.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bulle Ogier as the seductive, sullen Rosemonde<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Ogier.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Ogier-1024x566.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Ogier-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Ogier-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Ogier-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Ogier-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Ogier-1536x849.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Ogier.png 1717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>An unromanticized look at the boredom and limited prospects of working-class life<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Sausages.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Sausages-1024x588.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Sausages-1024x588.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Sausages-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Sausages-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Sausages-768x441.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Sausages-1536x881.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Salamandre-Sausages.png 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0067701\/\">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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/la-salamandre-1972\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The girl&#8217;s name is Rosemonde.&#8221; Synopsis: Two writer friends (Jean-Luc Bideau and Jacques Denis) research a contested news story concerning an enigmatic young woman (Bulle Ogier) who may have deliberately shot her uncle. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Character Studies Love Triangle Swiss Films Working Class Writers Review: Alain Tanner&#8217;s second feature film &#8212; a clever satire on the writing process and &#8216;truth&#8217; in reporting &#8212; provocatively explores the nature of veracity in storytelling, and the ways in which personal&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2364\"> 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-2364","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\/2364","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=2364"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78328,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364\/revisions\/78328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}