There are films that tell a story, and then there are films that attempt to bottle a specific fever dream of an era. Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Dreamers (2003) falls firmly into the latter category. A sensual, claustrophobic, and deeply nostalgic love letter to cinema and the 1968 Paris student riots, the film remains a fascinating, polarizing artifact of early-2000s arthouse cinema.
, pitting Charlie Chaplin against Buster Keaton and Eric Clapton against Jimi Hendrix. Themes: Why It Still Matters
Cinephilia, sexual awakening, youthful idealism, and the political upheaval of the 1960s. Content Warning The film is rated
There are films that tell a story, and then there are films that attempt to bottle a specific fever dream of an era. Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Dreamers (2003) falls firmly into the latter category. A sensual, claustrophobic, and deeply nostalgic love letter to cinema and the 1968 Paris student riots, the film remains a fascinating, polarizing artifact of early-2000s arthouse cinema.
, pitting Charlie Chaplin against Buster Keaton and Eric Clapton against Jimi Hendrix. Themes: Why It Still Matters
Cinephilia, sexual awakening, youthful idealism, and the political upheaval of the 1960s. Content Warning The film is rated