Ruby Rich stepped up to advocate for the film, a respected theorist and critic who coined the term “New Queer Cinema.” She’s quoted in the trailer, alongside Steven Spielberg, saying, “ Blue carries the female coming of age film into historic new territory.” Dargis responded teasingly, according to one industry insider, that her colleague was simply titillated by the sex scenes. Kechiche’s desires than anything else.” The gauntlet tossed, any serious film critic had to address their grande dame’s assertion if they wanted to review the film.
#BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR LOVE SCENE TIME MOVIE#
Manohla Dargis began the conversation, perhaps unfairly, when she took to her New York Times megaphone to proclaim, “The movie feels far more about Mr. What is wrong with us that we cannot enjoy a little sexual coming of age film without needing a cold shower? America, your puritanical roots are showing.Īside from a few detours to the land of actress/director feuds, the cultural discourse around the film has been surprisingly astute. In the maelstrom of Op-eds and reviews, gossip columns and interviews, even winning Canne’s coveted Palme d’Or couldn’t save Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue Is the Warmest Color from becoming the butt of many “girl-on-girl action” jokes (a term I’d be happy to never hear again.) Turns out the joke’s on us, America. (Not that I know any…)Īre you blushing yet? Don’t worry, so is the entire Western media. And, yes, you can even glimpse something small and blossom like, briefly unrecognizable in its hairlessness, even to a connoisseur.
We see nipples sucked erect, heads buried deep between thighs, hear the smacking of hands on flesh and the slosh of fluids. Two girls on screen are devouring each other, the sun a tiny bright ball eclipsed behind their plump lips, briefly illuminating the space between their hungry mouths until they dive in for more, swallowing the light and each other.