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[1]Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer

[2][3]Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer

Publisher: Dreamworks Video (July 24, 2007)
Average Customer Review: [4]( 78 customer reviews )
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Product Detail

* Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
* Rating: R (Restricted)
* Publisher: Dreamworks Video
* ASIN: B000QUCNOK
* Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 0.18 pounds

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* Based on Patrick Suskind's novel about a serial killer who hunts victims with his superhuman sense of smell, Perfume: Story of a Murderer is a florid, grisly portrayal of this historical drama set in 18th century France. Jean-Baptiste Grunuis (Ben Whishaw) is born under his mother's table at the fish market, onto a pile of muddy fish guts, establishing from the beginning his repulsion for putrid scents. A childhood of neglect and, later, a job at a tannery, encourage Jean-Baptiste to develop his olfactory sense rather than his verbal skills, so that an opportunity to prove his worth to Parisian perfumist, Giuseppe Baldini (Dustin Hoffman), results in his immediate hire into a promising new career. His successes in perfume mixing are negated by a blinding obsession for capturing the sublime beauty of human soul, which in his twisted logic requires the killing of young women to reduce their body fats to essential oils for the ultimate, cannibalized eau de parfum. An omniscient narrator tells the story with much sympathy for Jean-Baptiste's perverted psychology, making it, often, too obvious that his need for love justifies his murderous desire to capture misguided sexual attractions in a vile. Continuous close-ups of Grunius's nose, countered by close-ups of the places and objects he smells, enhance the viewer's understanding of his sensitivity. Repeated comparisons are made between the killer and dogs who aid, then expose his sick experimentation. The settings are fascinating, especially Baldini's perfumery and some later scenes in enflorage factories outside Provence. Whishaw's and Hoffman's performances are both grand. But Perfume unnecessarily spells out Jean-Baptiste's psychosis, squelching any chance for metaphor. This is unfortunate, considering the story's paradoxical nature. As this crude hunter navigates his way through a world of utmost delicacy, one craves ambiguity rather than explanation. --Trinie DaltonStills from Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer (click for larger image)[11]
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Description

* Based on the bestselling novel, "Perfume" is a story of an obsession so overwhelming that it leads to murder. In18th-century France lived Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw), who was born with a phenomenal sense of smell. But as his gift becomes an obsession, he strives to create the most intoxicating perfume in the world by murdering young women to capture their essence.

Customer Reviews

* [20]Perfume Review, October 8, 2007
* By Chrissy K. McVay, (North Carolina)
* This movie is a horror with a fairytale quality due to the random narration, and though there is very little humor in this dark tale, it does have some surface beauty that propels it far above your ordinary horror story. I love the unique twist on a serial killer obsessed with capturing the 'scent of a woman'. His first kill is accidental, but once he advances his craft of separating a flower/woman's smell and putting it in a vial, he can't seem to stop until he's captured the scent of every beautiful woman he's ever smelled. The ending is surreal, and a wicked surprise. Bravo!

Chrissy K. McVay - Author
* [21]I find myself...not caring, October 7, 2007
* By Book Maven, (NYC)
* I was eager to see another film directed by Tykwer since Run Lola Run is one of my all-time favourite films. This film has many great points: the cinematography is stunning in showing both squalor and beauty, the premise is an interesting one, and the supporting characters played by Hoffman and Rickman were spirited. However, despite these elements, the film was remarkably unmoving. It is diffucult to convey scent through images, and though the visuals were vibrant, enlivening scent through a non-olfactory medium is better done with words and a reader's imagination (I hear the book is great for this) rather than through pictures. (Scent directly and chemically affects the brain, but watching TV/movies puts our brains in a lull, sometimes deeper than sleep, so the medium works against its goal.) Ben Whishaw (playing Grenouille, "Frog" in English), though very handsome, does little to carry the main role; his range of emotions (though lauded by the director and producer in the speacial features bit) goes from bland to slighly blander. Since we are following HIS story, I'd like to feel more about him, whether admiration, disgust, empathy or hatred. But I feel nothing.

In addition, the ending leaves a lot to be desired (spoiler coming). Everyone swooning and getting into scent-induced orgies over this "dead-girl" perfume? When did magical realism waltz its way into the film? That leap made me go from kind of liking the movie to really disliking it. If the audience is to suspend belief (when "magic" or supernatural wonders appear), this must be introduced earlier in the film. Otherwise it's like seeing a a war flick where a unicorn carries off a soldier in danger. Whishaw's character kills twelve or thirteen innocent women, so I wanted to see a just punishment for him. Having him essentially take his own life, not out of remorse but rather because he could never "love or be loved like another human being" makes me feel unsettled and cheated. LAck of love and depth of feeling is a sensible reason to kill oneself, but where does this angst come from? We only see one other scene hinting at him discovering an inner void (when he discovers he has no scent), but his discovery makes him want to show the world that he is special and important through his work, *not* making him want to become whole, emotionally fulfilled human. If he's to kill himself because he's vacant inside, we need to see more of him feeling his emptiness. All during the film he seems content to find comfort and obsessive joy in his work. A narrator voiceover and a flashback to an imagined scene of tenderness with his first murder victim is a sloppy, slap-dash way of showing this motivation.

In all, I think this movie has a great beginning, but the last fifteen or twenty minutes completely spoil the film.
* [22]Beautiful, yet vile . . ., October 3, 2007
* By W. Koenigsmann, (Northern Hemisphere)
* Well, this film, based on a book of the same name, no doubt, certainly "breaks the mold" when it comes to interesting murder plots. I cannot doubt as well that the inclusion of a perverse reason for murder has been employed due to the fact that making this story about the beauty of perfume itself wouldn't have been interesting for most people. Sex and death sell in a culture like ours, even though it would probably never understand the way sex and death intertwine in a poem by Baudelaire or the Romantics' viewpoints on such matters. Modern society's interests in these topics are more base and vile, which is why this film both was interesting and beautiful, but also base and vile.

I can't say that I enjoyed the grungy and disgusting depiction of peasantry and their way of life, but it is mostly realistic and I have no right to really complain about realism. I suppose we relate to the main character and feel empathy for him because of his background, and because he's unusual in many ways; however, his methodology for murder shows a sociopathic side that is a bit disturbing. As I said, a part of the film is beautiful, the other, ugly in some ways.

I wasn't sure what to think about the ending. It seemed surreal, but at the same time, fit in with the feeling that the film attempts to convey, that of legends and faerie-tales; in fact, the entire film does sort of have a faerie-tale feeling to it.

I didn't get much out of this film except that I thought the plot was rather clever. I would recommend viewing it, only because it had some interesting moments, mainly, the subject of perfume and perfume-making. Very interesting. This probably made the film most interesting to me.
* [23]It takes a lot of hell to smell like heaven, September 29, 2007
* By Kasia, (new york, NY United States)
* Even after reading the book, Perfume is the kind of a movie that can still shock and send chills down the spine. The story of a man born with no scent of his own but on a constant hunt for something that he can capture and anoint with to fit in is magnetic. I have never heard of a more interesting take on the world of scent mixed in with murder.

Ben Whishaw as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille was enigmatic, quiet, spooky, passionate and evil. I traveled though a flurry of emotions for him and his victims, knowing that his quest was very interesting yet it left a trail of despair and broken hearts of those who lost their loved ones. Death in the name of beauty if not a new phenomenon but it certainly is twisted when someone else has to pay the price. Alan Rickman, who also plays Snape in Harry Potter movies, brings his uniqueness into the tale. The timber of his voice fits perfectly with the whole ethereal feel of the movie. His ruby haired daughter played by Rachel Hurd-Wood is Laura, the final ingredient on Grenouille's list to a heavenly scent.

18th century France comes alive in this fantastic movie. I have never seen so much filth, dirt and grease in any costume movie but it was all worth it, and I swear my senses of smell were heightened for hours after watching it. The extremely long list of makeup artists at the end credits confirmed my suspicion that this was done with meticulous care to breath more life into the story. The soundtrack is marvelous, the scenery breathtaking and everything simply tingles with richness. This movie is enigmatic, there's not question about it but I enjoyed the subtlety and the shocks it caused, unless you jump and sweat what good was wasting all that time watching TV?

- Kasia S.

* [24]I Am In Love With This Movie!, September 26, 2007
* By Red Emma, (Seattle, WA USA)
* This is a beautiful, harrowing film that I am madly in love with. The imagery and the story are fantastic. Ben Whishaw is superb. I have been telling everyone I know to see it. worth it, and I swear my senses of smell were heightened for hours after watching it. The extremely long list of makeup artists at the end credits confirmed my suspicion that this was done with meticulous care to breath more life into the story. The soundtrack is marvelous, the scenery breathtaking and everything simply tingles with richness. This movie is enigmatic, there's not question about it but I enjoyed the subtlety and the shocks it caused, unless you jump and sweat what good was wasting all that time watching TV?

- Kasia S.

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