THE RIDER ON THE RAIN (in French, the equally alliterative LE PASSAGER DE LA PLUIE, 1970) began the last phase of René Clément’s career, the twisty thriller circle (though this is clearly anticipated in earlier movies like LES FELINS and PLEIN SOLEIL). ‘But that must happen very often,’ Alice remarked thoughtfully. ‘Supposing it couldn’t find any?’ she suggested. Its wings are thin slices of Bread-and-butter, its body is a crust, and its head is a lump of sugar.’Ī new difficulty came into Alice’s head. ‘Crawling at your feet,’ said the Gnat (Alice drew her feet back in some alarm), ‘you may observe a Bread-and-Butterfly. I think my favourite lines from Through the Looking Glass are too long and clunky for the purpose, though the beauty of them is that they never ever make it into filmed adaptations so they’re relatively unfamiliar ~ I resolve now to begin a film with a Lewis Carroll quote. “We are but older children, dear/Who fret to find our bedtime near.”įrom LA COURSE DU LIÈVRE A TRAVERS LE CHAMPS (1972).īoth quotes are eccentrically apposite to their respective films, and also establish the quirky tone. “Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next.” Two superimposed titles from late Cléments, each a quote from Lewis Carroll ~ There are no intertitles in Clément films, so I have to finish Réne Clément Week with a bodge-up.
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