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Adiaryfilmaboutarelationshipbetweenaman(AlainCavalier)andawoman,toldentirelythroughvoice-oversbythetwoparticipants,spokenoverlargelystaticimages(ofhouseholdobjects,animals,partsofthebody,rooms,landscapesetc.).Attimesanemotionaldirectionemerges(anarticulationoflove,loss,frustration),thenitretreats.Attimesthefilmseemstobeaboutitsownmaking;atothersitseemsmerelytodrift.<br/> ImdbReview:AlainCavalier'slatestfilmisdeceptivelysimpleandyetrevolutionarybecauseitseemstostandoutsidetheboundariesofnarrativeanddocumentaryfilmmaking.Onecoulddescribe"LaRencontre"asacinematicdiary--ahomemoviethatdocumentsthefilmmakerandhismuseduringthecourseoftheirrelationship.Butunlikemostmoviesthehumansubjectshereareneverphotographedinwhole,justpartially.ThisbravenewworkisasmuchaboutCavalier'sobjectofdesire,thatis,hisloverasitisaboutthemediumthatgivesexpressiontohislove.Itisconceivedasonepartconfessionalandonepartdiscourseonthemetaphysicsofloveandcinema.Thecinema,forCavalier,islikeatwo-waymirrorthatrecordsimageswhilereflectingthoseimagesbackontoitself.Subjectandobjectappeartomirroreachother'sidentityuntiltheyassumenewpersonaeintheprocess.<br/> TheimmediatechallengeforCavalier,then,iscinema'sobjectivegaze:theabilityofthecameratorecordthephysicalnatureofreality.ButCavalier'schiefinterestisjusttheopposite.Hewantstodemonstratethepossibilityofanewcinema:onethatevolvesoutofconcealmentandsubterfuge.Thiscinemadeemphasizesthehumanlandscapeanddislocatestheimagefromitsvoice.Itfocusesinwardratherthanoutward,andchoosestoexploretheintangibleandtheabstractoverthetactileandtheconcrete.<br/> Appropriately,Cavalier'scine-diaryunfoldslikeanopenbook:histwinloves(museandcinema)areilluminatedthroughaseriesoftableauxfilledwithclose-upobjectswhicharebroughtvividlytolifebytheimaginationandthetransfigurativepowerofthecinema.Itisasiftheseeverydayobjectshavebecomethelovers'collectivememoriessaturatedwiththeemotionsandenergyoflife.Inshorttheseobjectshaveassumedalifeoftheirownbecominghumanizedandperhapsimmortalizedintheprocess.Afterallisn'tthispreciselytheparadoxofcinema--theabilitytoresurrectinanimateobjects,tobringthembacktolifeat24framespersecond?
