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Mental Major 
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DIRECTOR |
Jean-Jacques
Beineix
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NOTES |
There's a
shorter release of this film at 120mins. Perhaps |
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you should
see this, then if you like it look out for the director's |
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cut. Because
this is likely to be one of those films you love or |
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Zorg has a
cushy life looking after holiday bungalows on the |
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French
Riviera when into his life comes Betty. She's beautiful |
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and sexy and
very quickly moves in with him. But her erratic |
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behaviour
results in his losing his job. Not quite so simple as |
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that because
when Betty rejects Zorg's boss he directs Zorg |
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to paint
every single bungalow. Zorg attempts to do this but |
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Betty
discovers he has written a novel and she (laboriously) |
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types it and
sends it off to a publisher. When it is rejected she |
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After they
leave the bungalows Betty's behaviour goes |
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downhill
until she's quite insane. |
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The acting
and directing is superb but your liking of the film |
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may depend
on your attitude to the two main characters. |
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As a study
of a decline into insanity this film rates highly. |
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There is no
glib explanation of why Betty goes down this road. |
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Notes
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