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Straight to the Heart (1968 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Straight to the Heart' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre and released in 1968.[http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/1969.html "Premire du film Jusqu'au coeur"]. 'Bilan du sicle' (Universit de Sherbrooke). The film stars Robert Charlebois as Garou, a committed pacifist who is detained by mysterious authorities who try to brainwash him into supporting and defending war, and Claudine Monfette as his girlfriend.Wendy Michener, "On location with Lefebvre". 'The Globe and Mail', April 3, 1968.
Following its Canadian theatrical premiere in 1968, the film was screened in the Director's Fortnight stream at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films-quebecois-a-cannes/2/ "Les films qubcois Cannes travers lhistoire"]. 'Films du Qubec', April 28, 2019.
Critical analysis
Jay Scott of 'The Globe and Mail' would later describe the film as "a confluence of Godard and the Antonioni of 'Blow Up'", writing that "it is relentlessly experimental and gives the lie to the accusation that Lefebvre cannot pace his films rapidly".Jay Scott, "Lefebvre's deceptive simplicity". 'The Globe and Mail', May 22, 1982. Peter Harcourt of the Canadian Film Institute wrote that "complex in its construction, 'Jusqu'au cur' seems simplistic in its conclusion. Though an interesting film, it can perhaps endure a cursory treatment. Its chief value may lie in the techniques discovered through the course of making this highly 'experimental' film techniques that are more personally and more subtly employed in both 'La Chambre blanche' and 'Ultimatum'."Peter Harcourt, 'Jean Pierre Lefebvre'. Canadian Film Institute, 1991.
Film historian Thomas Waugh also later analyzed the film as an early advance in LGBTQ representation in Canadian film; although not addressing an LGBTQ-themed story, the film includes two brief scenes of same-sex couples (one each male and female) kissing, a practice which was then rare in cinema.Waugh, Thomas, 'Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas'. Carleton University Press, 2006. . p. 64.
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