Words & Pictures - Everything is allowed in love and in art

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Movie
German title Words & Pictures - Everything is allowed in love and in art
Original title Words and Pictures
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2013
length 111 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Fred Schepisi
script Gerald Di Pego
production Curtis Burch
Gerald Di Pego
Fred Schepisi
music Paul Grabowsky
camera Ian Baker
cut Peter Honess
occupation

Words & Pictures - Everything is allowed in love and art is an American romantic comedy from 2013. It was directed by Fred Schepisi , who is known for films such as Roxanne , The Russia House and Wilde Kreaturen . Juliette Binoche and Clive Owen can be seen in the leading roles . The film celebrated its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in 2013 and was shown in German cinemas on May 22, 2014.

action

English teacher Jack Marcus, a former celebrated writer, teaches at a New England school and still dreams of his former glory. Seldom does he mince his words and, out of sheer frustration, he also likes to drink a glass from his disinterested students. When the situation is already complicated enough, the uncompromising art teacher Dina Delsanto turns up at the school. An energetic competition quickly ensues with her; because she is convinced that the visual arts are far superior to language. Of course, Jack does not accept this without objection. A real battle of images and words is sparked, in which the students are also included. And in the end, Jack takes it too far. When he is about to be fired because of his drinking, he does something unforgivable to prevent the threatened sacking.

reception

Regarding the competition of the arts, Manfred Lauffs described this film on filmrezension.de as quite “dialogue-heavy” and as “a new edition of those screwball comedies in which Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn used to duel each other. And in the modern version, too, the main actors turn it up and show themselves in the best of spectacle mood. Owen [...] is the literary star with astonishingly versatile facial expressions. Juliette Binoche fascinates as a cold beauty. [...] The verbal battles are passionate, brilliant, often funny and always pointed and [...] the director [...] gives all actors great opportunities to develop. "The critic also criticized" the somewhat exaggerated construction of the conflict ".

Art and film draw the following conclusion: Although “puns and the chemistry between the protagonists” are correct, “the academic-romantic comedy by Hollywood old-school master Fred Schepisi is rather leisurely.”

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Words & Pictures - Everything is allowed in love and in art . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2014 (PDF; test number: 144 778 K).
  2. ↑ Manfred Lauff's film review at filmrezension.de, accessed on May 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ Clive Owen + Juliette Binoche at kunstundfilm.de, accessed on May 1, 2016.