Currently streaming on Netflix is Heartbeats (Les amours imaginaires). A quick rundown of why you should check it out:
- We’ve all been in the situation: He (or she) likes me, right? Oh, is it in my head? No, no, it’s reciprocal. Wait… no? I’m crazy. No, I’m not. Why don’t I internally agonize about it and overanalyze every minute detail?
- I had never seen a French-Canadian film. Have you? They’re like the Europeans of the north.
- The strategic soundtrack features both an Italian version of Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) and Jump Around.
- I found out afterward that the adorable lead actor, Xavier Dolan, wrote, directed, and produced the thing. Show-off.
- It’s visually quite stunning, reminding me at times of another recent, beautiful gay-themed movie, A Single Man.
- You know those anonymous, talking to the camera monologues movies sometimes use that are super annoying? (My go to reference is the first season of Sex & The City.) This had ‘em and I didn’t hate it. Quite the opposite in fact. I actually found myself hoping they would come back. And they did!
- This line:
Some Guy – You have amazing eyes.
Marie – Hazel? As banal an iris as they come. A high IQ is a vital counterpoint to brown eyes.
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Just watched and agree with all of the above bullet points, loved it!