Writer/Director Olivier Assayas’ intent in his drama Double
Lives was to show how people respond to change.
His focus is on the publishing world being taken over by
digital as opposed to printed books. Publisher
Alain (Guillaume Canet) is trying to keep his brand afloat while his wife (Juliette
Binoche) is getting bored with her role in a TV police series and the affair she's been having with a novelist (Vincent Macaigne) for the past 6 years.
The problem with this film is that it is overly talkie
from the get-go. And, it’s not
interesting talk. It’s a polemic about politics, the publishing business and civil
rights to the point of being wearisome.
There’s no action. I felt like I
was watching a stage production.
The only good laugh came late in the film, when the
characters discussed the possibility of having the actress Juliette Binoche
audition for the lead in the film version of one of the books.
I loved Assayas’ Clouds of Sils Maria, but I can only
give Double
Lives a 2.6 out of 5.
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