{"id":43402,"date":"2018-11-29T20:24:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T04:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/?p=43402"},"modified":"2018-11-30T07:18:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T15:18:40","slug":"non-fiction-oliver-assayas-2018-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/?p=43402","title":{"rendered":"Non-Fiction (Olivier Assayas, 2018): France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Film reviewed by Jack Chase. Viewed at AFI Fest 2018.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi\" src=\"https:\/\/pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/08\/non-fiction1.jpg?w=1000&amp;h=563&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Image result for non fiction 2018 film\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; float: left\"\/>Olivier Assayas&#8217; &#8220;Non-Fiction&#8221; is a revelation.<\/p>\n<p>From its smart, lyrical dialogue to its simplistic, yet effective, composition and satirical undercurrents, it serves as nothing short of intellectually nourishing and refreshing, while not to mention heart-stopping hilarious.<\/p>\n<p>Originally entitled &#8220;Double Lives&#8221; or &#8220;Doubles vies,&#8221; we primarily follow Guillaume Canet (&#8220;Love Me If You Do&#8221;), starring as a cynical editor for a Parisian publishing company, Vincent Macaigne (&#8220;The Innocents&#8221;) as the misunderstood, if not slightly obtuse, novelist and the wonderful Juliette Binoche (&#8220;The English Patient&#8221;) as the editor&#8217;s wife, an actress for a dead-end network cop show.<\/p>\n<p>The film in and of itself focuses on a variety of themes, from technology to infidelity, exploring, essentially, the obliviousness and deliberate acts of self-preservation rampant amongst the fading generation. It is a social satire that works both ends, serving as a poignant, very real portrait of the state of our culture as well as a supremely amusing, mocking display of our own hypocrisy and narcissism.<\/p>\n<p>I can confidently say that it was my favorite viewing at AFIFest, simply due to its ingenious ensemble and masterful direction. If you&#8217;re one for rich, stimulating dialogue, authentic performances and cutthroat humor, this new foreign gem is for you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Film reviewed by Jack Chase. Viewed at AFI Fest 2018. Olivier Assayas&#8217; &#8220;Non-Fiction&#8221; is a revelation. From its smart, lyrical dialogue to its simplistic, yet effective, composition and satirical undercurrents, it serves as nothing short of intellectually nourishing and refreshing, while not to mention heart-stopping hilarious. Originally entitled &#8220;Double Lives&#8221; or &#8220;Doubles vies,&#8221; we primarily [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":244563,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[332,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afi-filmfest-2018","category-films"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/244563"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g9r.3b8.myftpupload.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}