tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post685587384304254777..comments2024-01-15T05:26:06.518+00:00Comments on THOUGHTS OF XANADU: My Night at Maud'sKubla Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11973223751363547679noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-88792752201106229772012-02-04T17:07:06.723+00:002012-02-04T17:07:06.723+00:00Great post. Rohmer is putting his characters in wh...Great post. Rohmer is putting his characters in what Mikhail Bakhtin calls 'threshold situations', which force them to reappraise their entire lives/belief systems, and explores how they react. No one actually deviates/develops/grows from their inherent first positions: Even though Maud is so much more interesting and complex than Francoise, Jean does not choose her because she is not catholic, and no threshold situation is capabale of changing his life stance. So, its a pity that in the end we see no character growth whatsoever.Ivona Poyntzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03554809193017410632noreply@blogger.com