The theme of love is still one of the main themes in domestic and foreign cinema. How else? Indeed, it is at the moment of falling in love that a person experiences an extraordinary range of emotions and commits the most reckless acts, which become a good basis for a plot for a promising film.
Screen adaptation of literary works
In 2011-2012, a number of films based on famous literary works were released. One of the most spectacular of these is Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
The director managed to convey the spirit of the "jazz era", the viciousness and vileness of the society involved in an unrestrained pursuit of capital. Against the background of all this, the tragic love story between the multimillionaire Gatsby and the married beauty Daisy looks like something impossible, because in the world of illusions and deceptions there is no place for such a pure and innocent feeling.
Another sensational project is "Anna Karenina" by Joe Wright. It is difficult to call this picture an accurate adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel. It is more of a parody of him, although it is recommended for postmodern lovers looking on the Internet for what to watch on a quiet Sunday evening.
The work of Frederic Beigbeder, based on his own book Love Lives Three Years, is closest to the original.
The film is more comical than the book, although in both cases there is a very subtle irony of the author and there is not that touch of romance inherent in the usual French cinema.
The plot looks quite realistic: one year of passion, a year of tenderness, a year of boredom … parting.
Dramas and comedies
Will Gluck's "Friendship Sex" is a light youth comedy with a happy ending. The main characters are a guy and a girl. He is the editor of a glossy magazine, tired of girls hanging around his neck. She is a recruiter who is intimidated by a relationship with commitment. In order not to complicate each other, life they enter into sexual relations without obligation. What came of this, you can find out by watching the film to the end.
Against the background of all the films described, the film "Love" by Michael Haneke is literally permeated with drama.
The leading actress, eighty-five-year-old Emmanuelle Riva, won an Oscar for her work in this motion picture.
The film is quite heavy and even boring at times, but it can be called the best love movie shot in recent decades. We are talking about genuine feelings that the main characters carry through their entire lives and remain faithful to them to the last "in sorrow and in joy."
