Moliere - DVD Review
I just got done watching a move called Moliere. It’s set in 17th century Paris. It’s about a French actor-
playwright. Some of you may know of him. He disappeared for two months of his life at one point. This movie
fills in those missing two months of his life, when he was not traveling and performing with his theater group.
It is very well written and the actors and actresses are incredible. The cinematography was absolutely
enchanting. Each set was thought out in excruciating detail. The writing is dramatic yet hilarious at times.
Spoilers****
There is a love triangle. You have a married couple. The husband is trying to seduce a beautiful mistress only
to find that she is unkind and cold. The man, Moliere, who was hired to help the husband woo the mistress
by writing and performing a play just for her, falls for the husbands wife.
My favorite scene:
The husband has just found out the true colors of the lady he was trying to woo. He returns home to find out
that his wife has taken a lover. He speaks with Moliere. He asks, “Would this man give me back my wife?”
Moliere replies, “Give her back? You wife does not belong to him. No more than she does to you.”
This really made me think. Not that I seem to stop thinking much. I mean, this man (husband) is so caught
up in a fantasy that doesn’t really exist that he loses his wife. I know that at times everyone takes things for
granted. They get used to someone being around and they no longer feel the need to cultivate, nourish, or
keep up the relationship. I would guess that we’ve all done it and will do it again and some point in our lives.
We somehow think that once a relationship has started blooming it no longer needs any attention.
People get into relationships for many wrong reasons. For some it’s to ease their loneliness, for others it’s
an attempt to help them through the rough times, and for others it’s a form of completion. You know, where
they don’t feel like a whole if they don’t have someone else in their lives.
How long does it take for the typical person to realize that a good relationship enhances them? Does it have
to do with age? Does it have to do with life experience? Do most people figure it out at some point in their
lives? Or do the ones that think they have it figured out really not know shit?
Being newly involved with someone after being single for years, I ask myself these things all the time. I mean,
my mind has been in overdrive for the last four months. Is this a relationship? If so, what kind of relationship
is it? I know my motivation but I’m not sure that I know his. I’m not sure that we have the same end goal in
mind. I’m not even sure he has an end goal in mind. Maybe where we stand now is it. Am I okay with that? I
don’t know. I mean, I don’t want marriage, or anymore kids. Maybe the issue is really about time. Maybe I
need someone that has the same goals in mind, someone who wants more than to just walk through life
dealing with things as they come. Maybe I need someone that has similar passions as mine. I used to think
it would be fabulous to just find someone who can accept me for who I am. That’s fine, but if I’m doing my
thing and he’s doing his thing… it really leaves no togetherness. Can a balance be found? Do I want to find a
balance or was he put in my life to teach me that I can in fact love. Does he want a balance, or was I just put
in his life to help him get through the pain of his past?
Cindy Callinsky
playwright. Some of you may know of him. He disappeared for two months of his life at one point. This movie
fills in those missing two months of his life, when he was not traveling and performing with his theater group.
It is very well written and the actors and actresses are incredible. The cinematography was absolutely
enchanting. Each set was thought out in excruciating detail. The writing is dramatic yet hilarious at times.
Spoilers****
There is a love triangle. You have a married couple. The husband is trying to seduce a beautiful mistress only
to find that she is unkind and cold. The man, Moliere, who was hired to help the husband woo the mistress
by writing and performing a play just for her, falls for the husbands wife.
My favorite scene:
The husband has just found out the true colors of the lady he was trying to woo. He returns home to find out
that his wife has taken a lover. He speaks with Moliere. He asks, “Would this man give me back my wife?”
Moliere replies, “Give her back? You wife does not belong to him. No more than she does to you.”
This really made me think. Not that I seem to stop thinking much. I mean, this man (husband) is so caught
up in a fantasy that doesn’t really exist that he loses his wife. I know that at times everyone takes things for
granted. They get used to someone being around and they no longer feel the need to cultivate, nourish, or
keep up the relationship. I would guess that we’ve all done it and will do it again and some point in our lives.
We somehow think that once a relationship has started blooming it no longer needs any attention.
People get into relationships for many wrong reasons. For some it’s to ease their loneliness, for others it’s
an attempt to help them through the rough times, and for others it’s a form of completion. You know, where
they don’t feel like a whole if they don’t have someone else in their lives.
How long does it take for the typical person to realize that a good relationship enhances them? Does it have
to do with age? Does it have to do with life experience? Do most people figure it out at some point in their
lives? Or do the ones that think they have it figured out really not know shit?
Being newly involved with someone after being single for years, I ask myself these things all the time. I mean,
my mind has been in overdrive for the last four months. Is this a relationship? If so, what kind of relationship
is it? I know my motivation but I’m not sure that I know his. I’m not sure that we have the same end goal in
mind. I’m not even sure he has an end goal in mind. Maybe where we stand now is it. Am I okay with that? I
don’t know. I mean, I don’t want marriage, or anymore kids. Maybe the issue is really about time. Maybe I
need someone that has the same goals in mind, someone who wants more than to just walk through life
dealing with things as they come. Maybe I need someone that has similar passions as mine. I used to think
it would be fabulous to just find someone who can accept me for who I am. That’s fine, but if I’m doing my
thing and he’s doing his thing… it really leaves no togetherness. Can a balance be found? Do I want to find a
balance or was he put in my life to teach me that I can in fact love. Does he want a balance, or was I just put
in his life to help him get through the pain of his past?
Cindy Callinsky
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