Cold Water
Sep 30, 2005
(Olivier Assayas, USA, 1994, 35mm, 92 min.)
Print courtesy of Universal Pictures
With our ear to the ground and finger on the pulse, we've had the pleasure of premiering the theatrical run of the work of contemporary cinema's great French filmmakers: Francois Ozon, Arnaud Desplechin, Cedric Kahn, Bruno Dumont, Leos Carax, Claire Denis, Patrice Chereau, Olivier Assayas, and others.
A drifting, achingly beautiful story of teenage love and longing, this early Assayas film is one of his most personal. The 70s are recreated with loving, unsentimental nostalgia while pulsating classic rock tunes fill the soundtrack of what many consider to the director's best film.