'It makes films like crimes, and directors like criminals'
The cinematic experience that is The Dreamers paints a vibrant bohemia of Paris, 1968. Between the youth protest at the cinematheque and wayward, wine soaked talks of Mao's little red book, Bertolucci creates an intriguing threesome between an American student and twin Parisian intellects. Eva Green is the centerpiece, playing a headstrong twenty something, who flirts with the demure Matthew ( Michel Pitt) while also continuing an oddly sexual relationship with her twin brother Theo ( Luis Garrel). The film moves seductively through the mounting tension between the there characters, while chaos grows on the streets of Paris. Bertolucci's red lighting evokes the tension that presided in The Conformist. The Dreamers love cinema and references to classics like Scarface and Breatheless pepper the film. But the dream world cannot last for ever, and as a malatov smashes against a police patrol car so does the fantasy world of Matthew, Isabella, and Theo.
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