As I wrote in my DVD review of "My Night at Mauds," one of my favorite lines in Arthur Penn's "Night Moves" comes when Gene Hackman says, "I saw a Rhomer movie once. It was kind of like watching paint dry." I love this moment not because I dislike french filmmaker Erich Rohmer, I like it because Hackman's private eye admits to disliking Rhomer's pretty, philosophy-filled pictures.
Anyway, if you're a bonafide Rhomer fan, treat yourself to the Criterion edition of his "Six Moral Tales" released today. Watch the gab-fests or simply leave the collection on your coffee table so guests will be inspired to discuss atheism, pre-destination, or the intricacies of Pascal's "Pensees." --posted by Kim