{"id":27588,"date":"2012-10-02T15:47:22","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T22:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=27588"},"modified":"2021-02-04T13:48:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T20:48:09","slug":"man-who-loved-women-the-1977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=27588","title":{"rendered":"Man Who Loved Women, The (1977)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;For me, nothing is more beautiful to see than a woman walking.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Man-Who-Loved-Women-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Man-Who-Loved-Women-Poster-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-27593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Man-Who-Loved-Women-Poster-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Man-Who-Loved-Women-Poster-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Man-Who-Loved-Women-Poster.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA scientist (Charles Denner) obsessed with beautiful women reflects back on the many partners he&#8217;s pursued over the years, as he writes his thoughts in a manuscript he hopes to publish.\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>Flashback Films<\/li>\n<li>Francois Truffaut Films<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Womanizers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nFrancois Truffaut once insisted that &#8220;there is more truth in the bedroom than in the office or the board room&#8221; &#8212; which might explain his interest in making a film about a man literally obsessed with pursuing beautiful women, and making love to them at any cost. After a highly unrealistic opening scene (in which scores of women &#8212; mostly former lovers, along with a few friends &#8212; file by to pay their respects to the deceased Denner), the film&#8217;s first &#8220;scene of pursuit&#8221; shows Denner glimpsing a pair of enormously attractive female legs walking by in heels and a swishy skirt, then scrambling to jot down her license plate number as she drives away, and pursuing this phantom female (he never sees her face) with what amounts to foolhardy single-mindedness &#8212; only to learn that she lives in Canada, has a fiance, and won&#8217;t be back to France for another two years. This scene in many ways epitomizes the ludicrous and elusive nature of Denner&#8217;s ongoing sexual quests, which resemble more than anything those of Michael Fassbinder&#8217;s sorry sex addict in Steve McQueen&#8217;s <em>Shame<\/em> (2011).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Man-Who-Loved-Women-Still2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Man-Who-Loved-Women-Still2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Man-Who-Loved-Women-Still2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Man-Who-Loved-Women-Still2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Man-Who-Loved-Women-Still2-128x85.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Man-Who-Loved-Women-Still2-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Man-Who-Loved-Women-Still2-407x270.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unlike McQueen, however, Truffaut keeps the tone of his film relatively lighthearted throughout; Denner&#8217;s obsession with accumulating female partners (most of whom are young, attractive, and unrealistically willing to jump straight into bed with him) rules his life, but his doctor &#8212; after telling him he&#8217;s contracted gonorrhea &#8212; simply chuckles at his lusty spirit, and Denner&#8217;s pursuits continue. Most of the screenplay is dedicated to showing us the string of varied women Denner beds, as well as his attempt to get his &#8220;scandalous&#8221; memoirs published; along the way, Truffaut intersperses occasional flashbacks to Denner&#8217;s youth, showing how his neglectful mother (Marie-Jeanne Montfajon) may have played a part in his lifelong neurosis. While there&#8217;s nothing particularly offensive about any of this &#8212; one can&#8217;t help staying engaged in what&#8217;s happening on screen, given Truffaut&#8217;s intrinsic storytelling talents &#8212; the film as a whole isn&#8217;t one of Truffaut&#8217;s best, and ultimately isn&#8217;t must-see viewing for all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Leslie Caron shows up in a brief scene as &#8212; you guessed it &#8212; one of Denner&#8217;s former lovers, but her role is so small as to be considered a cameo. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nestor Almendros&#8217; cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Man-Who-Loved-Women-Still31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Man-Who-Loved-Women-Still31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"804\" height=\"593\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Man-Who-Loved-Women-Still31.jpg 804w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Man-Who-Loved-Women-Still31-128x94.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Man-Who-Loved-Women-Still31-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s certainly worth a look by fans of Truffaut&#8217;s work. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0076155\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinematicthreads.com\/review.php?id=2366&#038;ltr=M\">Cinematic Threads Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/the-man-who-loved-women\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;For me, nothing is more beautiful to see than a woman walking.&#8221; Synopsis: A scientist (Charles Denner) obsessed with beautiful women reflects back on the many partners he&#8217;s pursued over the years, as he writes his thoughts in a manuscript he hopes to publish. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Flashback Films Francois Truffaut Films French Films Womanizers Review: Francois Truffaut once insisted that &#8220;there is more truth in the bedroom than in the office or the board room&#8221; &#8212; which&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=27588\"> 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-27588","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\/27588","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=27588"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68662,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27588\/revisions\/68662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}