The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Quite so, I felt that the homage was obvious. This time however it was done with more emphasis on some female counterparts. Several dreamt up women interact with the main character as he pictures himself in heroic positions - often contradicting him, in a Fellini kind of way - albeit without the according visuals. You could actually say that the dream sequences in 'L'age des tenebres' are soliloquies written for several imagined bodies. You could also say pretty much anything else about them.

split_27 on Tue Sep 4 2007 wrote:

> Both movies have the same plot


Well yeah. Denys Arcand is probably the least original director on the planet. Every single one of his films is based on another movie he saw.

Whether it's Invasion Barbares where the sick/dying father deals with estranged son just like in Magnolia... or Declin de l'Empire Americain where a bunch of friends get together on a week-end to sleep with each other just like in The Big Chill or Jesus de Montréal where a group of actors put a modern day version of the Jesus story just like in Jesus Christ Superstar...

If Arcand didn't steal everything he ever made from other directors and other films, he would have been a plumber.

But treated very differently.
I think this film was very frightening, because it was true.
Humour at its absolute blackest.