from "A nos amours" (criterion extras)

translated from the french:

"Pialat is much more of a critic than I am. By critic, I mean he thinks in terms of crises; that's the true meaning of critic. He creates a crisis, and from that he evokes ideas and concepts"

-interview w/ Jean-Michel Frodon

This definition of critic is a huge revelation to me on so many levels.
So was Maurice Pialat's film.
After watching A nos amours and all the extras, I went and pulled out an enveloppe of photos of me when I was 15 or 16. I'm still unsure how to gauge my reaction. I hadn't seen them in a long time and had to really search for them in my closet. I was actually looking for some old pieces of writing that I suddenly felt in a panic to find after turning off the dvd, but came across the photos instead.
I only now realised how obviously connected this was to the film.
Almost embarassingly so.