Le Créateur (1999)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 1999
	Director: Albert Dupontel (Bernie)
	Actors: Claude Perron (Bernie), Albert Dupontel (Bernie, Serial Lover, L'ennemi intime), Philippe Uchan
	Country: F
	Genre: Black Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 24.02.2015, DVD, 11" computer screen.
Synopsis: Darius (Dupontel) wrote a very successful play and very much is expected from his second one. Unfortunately he forgot to write it.
Review: For a long time I wanted to watch this movie, since it is the one Albert Dupontel directed after Bernie that I loved. The style is easily recognizable: odd characters deeply obsessed with something, extreme close-up shots and twisted story. Unfortunately Le Créateur is not as good as Bernie was, mostly because of a slower rhythm. But this doesn't mean that it does not contain some crazy moments. Darius is in fact facing the cruel "blank page" syndrome, i.e. he has only a couple of days to write his new play, and can't even put down a word. He managed to write his first play by being constantly drunk for two weeks, but for that one he will need something even more radical. His violent and eccentric madness episodes are quite a treat! But as I said, often the scenes between the interesting ones are too long/slow, and don't fit too well with the rest. I can't speak about the image quality because the copy I was watching was just as bad as a VHS. Anyway, I would like to continue watching movies Albert Dupontel plays in, starting with La Maladie de Sachs, Enfermés dehors or the recent Neuf mois ferme, and I should watch again Bernie that I haven't enjoyed in a (too) long time.
Rating: 6 /10