COLD WATER (Olivier Assayas, France, 1994, 9)
OK, I need to re-check my reactions to Olivier's early stuff, which mostly left me ... ahem ... cold.
I would seriously compare this film to THE RULES OF THE GAME -- the two films have very similar structure and center around a big party. And in the same sense that Renoir made a film about class where his stance was clear but which didn’t openly root for Class X or caricature Class…