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CLOSE TO THE END.(The Barbarian Invasions)(21 Grams)(Movie Review)
In "The Decline of the American Empire" (1986), the French-Canadian writer-director Denys Arcand created a companionable erotic fiction. A group of university intellectuals gathered at a lakeside house outside Montreal for a weekend of food, gossip, and sex. These academic folk--the women as well as the men--were ebullient talkers and boasters who loved to fool around. Remy (Remy Girard), a boisterous philanderer, was at the center of the group, surrounded by his wife, two of his former mistresses, and male friends both straight and gay. In Arcand's new film, "The Barbarian Invasions," Remy, now in his fifties, is dying of cancer in a Quebec hospital. His wife, fed up ...
- `The Barbarian Invasions'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Rickey, Carrie December 26, 2003 700+ words
...transcendently moving about "The Barbarian Invasions" is that, at the end...It refers implicitly to Remy's invasive cancer, explicitly...what a way to go. ___ THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS 3 { stars Starring: Remy Girard, Stephane Rousseau...
- `The Barbarian Invasions'.
- Newspaper article from: The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) December 24, 2003 700+ words
...transcendently moving about "The Barbarian Invasions" is that, at the end...It refers implicitly to Remy's invasive cancer, explicitly...what a way to go. ___ THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS 3 { stars Starring: Remy Girard, Stephane Rousseau...
- Old ideologues reunite in Denys Arcand's `Barbarian Invasions'.
- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) December 20, 2003 700+ words
...Arcand's "The Barbarian Invasions" are stranded...one of them, Remy (Remy Girard...timely feel. Remy is an unrepentant...chill. But "The Barbarian Invasions" is still a rather...then there's Remy and his crowd...other forms of barbarian invasions. If ...
- Old ideologues reunite in Denys Arcand's `Barbarian Invasions'.(The Dallas...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Vognar, Chris December 30, 2003 700+ words
...Arcand's "The Barbarian Invasions" are stranded...one of them, Remy (Remy Girard...timely feel. Remy is an unrepentant...chill. But "The Barbarian Invasions" is still a rather...then there's Remy and his crowd...other forms of barbarian invasions. If ...
- Miramax Films Acquires 'The Barbarian Invasions' ('Les Invasions Barbares').
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 25, 2003 700+ words
...Festival, "The Barbarian Invasions" ("Les Invasions...Arcand and starring Remy Girard, Stephane...Agnes Mentre. "The Barbarian Invasions" was honored today...Empire," "The Barbarian Invasions" centers on a man...
- The Barbarian Invasions.
- Magazine article from: New Internationalist Lewis, Malcolm January 1, 2004 700+ words
The Barbarian Invasions written and directed by Denys Arcand History professor Remy is terminally ill. Irreligious and...same cast for a sort of sequel, The Barbarian Invasions. Remy laments the end of 'a grand narrative...
- The Barbarian Invasions.(Columnist: movie review)
- Magazine article from: Catholic Insight Adamick, Paula April 1, 2004 700+ words
...s latest film The Barbarian Invasions which has since won...Seventeen years later, Barbarian Invasions continues the story...with the central one, Remy, a washed-up university...simmering conflict between Remy and his son Sebastien...
- `The Barbarian Invasions' filmmaker grapples with death.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Lawson, Terry December 18, 2003 700+ words
...during a scene in his own "The Barbarian Invasions." The scene was one in which...idea of making the character Remy, from `Decline.' A man...And I thought, reuniting Remy with his friends, his ex...womanizing, wine-loving Remy (Remy Girard) and his oversexed...