How An Arthouse Film Seizes the Senses

i hav a thing for French films these days..especialli after watchin Jean Luc Besson's Taxi trilogy...e French hav a thing for prctical jokes as much as e English hav a thing for dry, sacarstic humour..

i feel dat a good movie should always indulge e senses without overwhelming them, as well as incorporate a good high speed car chase n a love affair between 2 protagonists whom fate tries to keep apart..throw in a few laughs for comic relief n u hav it..Taxi 1, 2 and 3..

it may be slapstick n will probabli appeal onli to certain pple such as the male psyche...but Taxi is undoubtedli creative, tongue-in-cheek n defiant towards established authority as well as reflective of a dark undercurrent of rebellion by the youth of France...

as such, it is prophetic of the recent troubles in France..wat with e riotin, lootin n arson...French youth simpli dun respect e police, military or any form of authority these days...the latest addition to a long history of anti-authoritarian civil unrest which include the Paris Commune, Sans Culottes n the French Resistance against Marshal Petain's Vichy govt in WW2..as the British would say..the Frogs dun like social hierachies or Frog kings

oh dear, this isn't meant to insult e French or anything..i started out praisin French film n ended insultin French youth..no, no...i realli appreciate French culture, wine (YES!), women (oops) n French country..but i seem unable to understand the inability of the French to do wat the obvious n well-reasoned out step is to restore internal order..act against violence n crime while investigatin e source of the outbreaks thoroughly..

anyway, its not my place to tell e French wat to do..but i think more effective street policin, with a little more extreme car chases like in Taxi, might win some hearts n minds...