"Jean" was for me the best and most ambitious film in the compilation DVD, "The First Annual Planetout.com Short Movie Awards Highlights." The dialogue-less movie, filmed in the U.K., stars Susannah York as the lady of a manor preparing a fancy dinner for the man of the house. Life is a bit drab, in black and white. We then watch in color as an intruder (played by Gyuri Sarossy) breaks in and looks about carefully and thoughtfully. The woman goes upstairs to investigate a noise, and the story resolves. The pantomime is excellent.
SPOILER: The movie is not mysterious if one notices similarities and is willing to symbolize concerns about a past physical and psychological transformation in a single, present confrontation. The choices of film stock at the end signal an acceptance of the new order.
SPOILER: The movie is not mysterious if one notices similarities and is willing to symbolize concerns about a past physical and psychological transformation in a single, present confrontation. The choices of film stock at the end signal an acceptance of the new order.