New clip of ‘Cheri’ on the ocassion of the launch of the edition on DVD of the movie
23 Octubre 2009772 views13 Comments
As we all know, Chéri is being launched on DVD this week -20th of October-, and tons of sites are reviewing the movie again. On the ocassion of this release, it has been launched this new clip of the movie: “Pearls” with Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Friend:
From Amazon.com, we can find this review by the editorial:
Filled with luxurious gowns and lush grounds, Stephen Frears’s Colette adaptation depicts an affair too perfect to last. Parisian courtesan Lea de Lonval (Michelle Pfeiffer) retains her good looks and has invested her earnings wisely, so her colleague, Madame Peloux (Kathy Bates), persuades Lea to celebrate the inception of her retirement by teaching the Madame’s self-centered son, Chéri (Rupert Friend, recalling T.Rex’s tousle-haired Marc Bolan), how to treat a lady. Lea, who has known Chéri his entire life, has genuine affection for the unformed lad, although, as she quips, “I can’t criticize his character, mainly because he doesn’t seem to have one.” To her surprise, their weekend in Normandy turns into a six-year-relationship. Then, Madame Peloux announces that she has found an appropriate 18-year-old bride for her now-reformed 25-year-old boy. Afraid to admit the depth of their feelings for each other, the duo grudgingly goes along with the plan since Belle Époque society demands that a proper gentleman marry a proper lady, and Lea realizes that matrimony to a man half her age isn’t an option. But real love–even the co-dependent kind–can’t be banished quite so easily as a bad habit.
Frears and Oscar-winning screenwriter Christopher Hampton, adapting Chéri and The Last of Chéri, previously collaborated with Pfeiffer on Dangerous Liaisons, but their reunion is a comparatively somber affair that comes recommended more for fans of the actress, who gives the role her all, than for fans of the filmmaker, whose direction feels perfunctory, particularly during the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it epilogue.
Little spoiler alert.
Pfeiffer is great in the whole movie! Except for that ‘Cheeeeriiiii’ thing, that’s it. But it’s not her fault, really.
End of that little spoiler.
# 23 Octubre 2009 at 11:05
alex said:
I see a copy from Italy that send me a friend, and I think that is a great, great film (more details when the movie arrives to Spain), but I give the movie 8,75 or 9 between 0 and 10.
Tachu, what is the amount of time of the deleted scenes that appear at the dvd? What scenes are?
The copy that I saw, it has 90 minutes of lenght but there are people who has seen versions of 92minutes and 100 minutes¡
Let’s we see which duration it will have in Spain.
Thanks , Tachu
# 23 Octubre 2009 at 12:09
getgueti said:
i miss michelle so much
# 23 Octubre 2009 at 12:43
Yodthana said:
Alex , I think The copys that has 90 minutes and 92minutes are the same. My country version of Cheri has 92 minutes. (include end credit)
# 23 Octubre 2009 at 16:51
tachu said:
I saw the italian version long ago, and I found interesting how a new voice can change a performance so much. She really seems another actress completely. And I couldn’t avoid talking to my friends with a hard italian accent for a while!!
Later I saw the english version, and suddenly it was a new film for me. So I’ll see it again when it arrives to Spain some day in the distant future, and listen carefully the spanish version.
# 23 Octubre 2009 at 18:35
FrankieD said:
If this film hasn’t been released in Spain yet- am I to understand that our beloved Fran hasn’t seen the film in it’s entirety yet??? Is there anyone in not from the US who has not seen Cheri???
# 23 Octubre 2009 at 22:38
Marc said:
I am from Spain and i have to admited i have also seen the film yet,(i coudn’t wait so much) but i will definetly love to see the film in cinema’s again when it will get release in Spain.
Even there are some aspects of the film that should get better improved…The love relation between Lea and Cheri should be more intense in the bigining of the film so we can really feel their love and see a litle of the years they spend together. There is no sense to avoid this important part of the story just from one scene to this new one… But I really enjoy very much this film and Michelle is brilliant on it (Ok Tachu, except for that ‘Cheeeeriiiii’ thing). I also think she really gives the role her all, with some quite risky scenes, and another of her best performances.
And the last 30 minutes scene between Lea and Cheri, is one of my favorites. Michelle’s performance in those last scenes is absolutely gorgeous and just for those she should deserve some awards.
# 24 Octubre 2009 at 4:06
Marc said:
I also hope the DVD edition contains some of the several cutted scenes of the film (some scenes are even in the trailer but not in the film)and it’s a pitty the first kiss scene is so obviously cutted, i consider it a very good scene but it will get more intense if it was longer so we could see the feelings play and chemistry between Lea and Cheri.
# 24 Octubre 2009 at 4:16
Benjamin said:
the deleted scenes aren’t that long and seem unnecessary to be honest. I like the film very much but it seems the biggest complaint is that it’s too abbreviated (not long enough to emotionally engage with the characters) and that it does not possess the same spirit as “Dangerous Liaisons”, which it is NOT required to do, unless everyone expects that from any Stephen Frears film. The film told its story in the simplest way possible without the indulgence of too many scenes. And I may be the only one who felt Lea’s heartbreak during the “Cheeriiii!” scene. Pfeiffer was extremely good in this role, and I would love to see her win an Oscar nomination for this, though there is no way she will win with all the other competition out there.
# 26 Octubre 2009 at 11:23
tachu said:
An Oscar nomination would be more than enough. Everybody, and not just pfans, could remember her and know she still is around here.
Just don’t hold your breath waiting for a winning. This is The Pfatidical Pfeiffer’s Destiny! Soon in theatres around the world…and a year later in Spain, please.
# 26 Octubre 2009 at 19:28
alex said:
I don’t know if she will be nominated or not or if she will win or not, but she deserves to win for this film: the role of a lifetime for an actress and she is terrifific and breathtaking.
And I don’t think the film it’s too abreviated (if you read the novel, you will see that is a perfect adaptation of the book). The book don’t emphasizes the relationship very much, until the lovers a apart one from the other. We see how deep their love is when they are apart and for their reactions.
The novel, as the film, is quite impressionist-like a painting- it’s a novel about sensations and feelings and not about a conventional narrative. And it’s not romantic in strictu sensu, it’s more psychological and complex.
One of my favorite romantic movies it’s Letter From An Unknown Woman (1948)by Max Ophuls,a masterpiece, and brief too (85 minutes) and, like Cheri, the lovers are apart oen from the other most of the time.
I found that this film gave me all that I wanted (when I read Colette novel and months after a see the novel, this is the film I have in mind). This is the kind of film that will grow with the years and will be a classic
Yes, I agree with alex, the film’s a perfect adaption of the book. You can’t actually read what happened before their six years relationship from the origianl novel. Becoz the book itself just started right after that.
For the “Cheeriiii!” scene, I think if u really watch the film seriously, get into the right mood, u can feel how heartbreaking it’s for Lea’s yell. I personally think Michelle already did her best for this scene, the music is right and nervous, lighting is good and Michelle’s expression is believable. The ONLY little problem and the big one’s that the word “CHERI” is originally a french word (they speak it in english of course, but it’s actually a french word), so I could understand why people think it’s a little odd to hear the english speaker calling out loud “Cheeriiii!”
And for sure, most of the people may not yell like that in the modern days, but for a period drama, I do believe that people will express their sadness in such way in the old day.
# 28 Octubre 2009 at 2:53
Benjamin said:
I recently watched “The Deep End of the Ocean” again and now have a new view of it. Clearly it did not live up to the novel, but it did maintain the essence of it to its most essential scenes (as did “Cheri”), and now I have a more deeper appreciation for the movie (even though I still hated the ending — the boy should have remained with his adoptive father but continued building his relationships with the Cappadora’s since he has a newfound brother and sister).
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Filled with luxurious gowns and lush grounds, Stephen Frears’s Colette adaptation depicts an affair too perfect to last. Parisian courtesan Lea de Lonval (Michelle Pfeiffer) retains her good looks and has invested her earnings wisely, so her colleague, Madame Peloux (Kathy Bates), persuades Lea to celebrate the inception of her retirement by teaching the Madame’s self-centered son, Chéri (Rupert Friend, recalling T.Rex’s tousle-haired Marc Bolan), how to treat a lady. Lea, who has known Chéri his entire life, has genuine affection for the unformed lad, although, as she quips, “I can’t criticize his character, mainly because he doesn’t seem to have one.” To her surprise, their weekend in Normandy turns into a six-year-relationship. Then, Madame Peloux announces that she has found an appropriate 18-year-old bride for her now-reformed 25-year-old boy. Afraid to admit the depth of their feelings for each other, the duo grudgingly goes along with the plan since Belle Époque society demands that a proper gentleman marry a proper lady, and Lea realizes that matrimony to a man half her age isn’t an option. But real love–even the co-dependent kind–can’t be banished quite so easily as a bad habit.
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Little spoiler alert.
Pfeiffer is great in the whole movie! Except for that ‘Cheeeeriiiii’ thing, that’s it. But it’s not her fault, really.
End of that little spoiler.
I see a copy from Italy that send me a friend, and I think that is a great, great film (more details when the movie arrives to Spain), but I give the movie 8,75 or 9 between 0 and 10.
Tachu, what is the amount of time of the deleted scenes that appear at the dvd? What scenes are?
The copy that I saw, it has 90 minutes of lenght but there are people who has seen versions of 92minutes and 100 minutes¡
Let’s we see which duration it will have in Spain.
Thanks , Tachu
i miss michelle so much
Alex , I think The copys that has 90 minutes and 92minutes are the same. My country version of Cheri has 92 minutes. (include end credit)
I saw the italian version long ago, and I found interesting how a new voice can change a performance so much. She really seems another actress completely. And I couldn’t avoid talking to my friends with a hard italian accent for a while!!
Later I saw the english version, and suddenly it was a new film for me. So I’ll see it again when it arrives to Spain some day in the distant future, and listen carefully the spanish version.
If this film hasn’t been released in Spain yet- am I to understand that our beloved Fran hasn’t seen the film in it’s entirety yet??? Is there anyone in not from the US who has not seen Cheri???
I am from Spain and i have to admited i have also seen the film yet,(i coudn’t wait so much) but i will definetly love to see the film in cinema’s again when it will get release in Spain.
Even there are some aspects of the film that should get better improved…The love relation between Lea and Cheri should be more intense in the bigining of the film so we can really feel their love and see a litle of the years they spend together. There is no sense to avoid this important part of the story just from one scene to this new one… But I really enjoy very much this film and Michelle is brilliant on it (Ok Tachu, except for that ‘Cheeeeriiiii’ thing). I also think she really gives the role her all, with some quite risky scenes, and another of her best performances.
And the last 30 minutes scene between Lea and Cheri, is one of my favorites. Michelle’s performance in those last scenes is absolutely gorgeous and just for those she should deserve some awards.
I also hope the DVD edition contains some of the several cutted scenes of the film (some scenes are even in the trailer but not in the film)and it’s a pitty the first kiss scene is so obviously cutted, i consider it a very good scene but it will get more intense if it was longer so we could see the feelings play and chemistry between Lea and Cheri.
the deleted scenes aren’t that long and seem unnecessary to be honest. I like the film very much but it seems the biggest complaint is that it’s too abbreviated (not long enough to emotionally engage with the characters) and that it does not possess the same spirit as “Dangerous Liaisons”, which it is NOT required to do, unless everyone expects that from any Stephen Frears film. The film told its story in the simplest way possible without the indulgence of too many scenes. And I may be the only one who felt Lea’s heartbreak during the “Cheeriiii!” scene. Pfeiffer was extremely good in this role, and I would love to see her win an Oscar nomination for this, though there is no way she will win with all the other competition out there.
An Oscar nomination would be more than enough. Everybody, and not just pfans, could remember her and know she still is around here.
Just don’t hold your breath waiting for a winning. This is The Pfatidical Pfeiffer’s Destiny! Soon in theatres around the world…and a year later in Spain, please.
I don’t know if she will be nominated or not or if she will win or not, but she deserves to win for this film: the role of a lifetime for an actress and she is terrifific and breathtaking.
And I don’t think the film it’s too abreviated (if you read the novel, you will see that is a perfect adaptation of the book). The book don’t emphasizes the relationship very much, until the lovers a apart one from the other. We see how deep their love is when they are apart and for their reactions.
The novel, as the film, is quite impressionist-like a painting- it’s a novel about sensations and feelings and not about a conventional narrative. And it’s not romantic in strictu sensu, it’s more psychological and complex.
One of my favorite romantic movies it’s Letter From An Unknown Woman (1948)by Max Ophuls,a masterpiece, and brief too (85 minutes) and, like Cheri, the lovers are apart oen from the other most of the time.
I found that this film gave me all that I wanted (when I read Colette novel and months after a see the novel, this is the film I have in mind). This is the kind of film that will grow with the years and will be a classic
Yes, I agree with alex, the film’s a perfect adaption of the book. You can’t actually read what happened before their six years relationship from the origianl novel. Becoz the book itself just started right after that.
For the “Cheeriiii!” scene, I think if u really watch the film seriously, get into the right mood, u can feel how heartbreaking it’s for Lea’s yell. I personally think Michelle already did her best for this scene, the music is right and nervous, lighting is good and Michelle’s expression is believable. The ONLY little problem and the big one’s that the word “CHERI” is originally a french word (they speak it in english of course, but it’s actually a french word), so I could understand why people think it’s a little odd to hear the english speaker calling out loud “Cheeriiii!”
And for sure, most of the people may not yell like that in the modern days, but for a period drama, I do believe that people will express their sadness in such way in the old day.
I recently watched “The Deep End of the Ocean” again and now have a new view of it. Clearly it did not live up to the novel, but it did maintain the essence of it to its most essential scenes (as did “Cheri”), and now I have a more deeper appreciation for the movie (even though I still hated the ending — the boy should have remained with his adoptive father but continued building his relationships with the Cappadora’s since he has a newfound brother and sister).
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