"'Even in the good times, cinema's defining characteristic has always been to fall somewhere between prosperity and a relentless struggle.'"
For the life of me, I can't remember who took home the Palme d'Or, but I don't really care that much about Cannes or film festivals in general. I simply love Isabelle Huppert—she once formed part of a series of poems I wrote on French actresses entitled, "The Immortals." I have only seen maybe three of her films—I keep meaning to check out "The Comedy of Power" from a few years back, her latest Chabrol collaboration—and if I make any resolution for the New Year, it will be to rectify that horror, even if that means suffering through some turgid New Wave. This remark may be somewhat gratuitous, but rereading this profile reminds me how much I hate some of the overheated Guardian prose. That said, the summary quote supplied (for me, too, the graf) is just about worth the dross.
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