Bughouse Checkup for 11/18

By Sean Fisher on November 18, 2007 2:12 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

BuyCincy is proud to team up with Bughouse Video, "Cincinnati’s only independently-owned arthouse video rental store" for a BuyCincy exclusive column. The crew from Bughouse will be stopping by on a regular basis to give us their picks for new releases, hidden gems, or anything they think you might dig.

Perfume - The Story of a Murderer
Review by Jessica

Jean-Baptiste Grunuis (Ben Whishaw) is born under his mother's fish market table in an 18th century France open air market. After being almost intentionally smothered by his new mother he is rescued and sent to an orphanage where he realizes his gift...his magnificent olfactory sense. After the orphanage and a stint as a tanner he begs to apprentice with a perfumer (Dustin Hoffman) who reluctantly takes him on, but then learns that his young worker has the most remarkable talent for creating tantalizing and seductive scents.

The major problem Jean-Baptiste has is that he's alone; no one loves him, he doesn't have great people skills...all while being a bit of an eccentric/18th century weirdo. He then sets off on a journey to Grasse (the perfume capital of France) to create his perfume masterpiece: the scent of a woman (yes, sans Al Pacino)- her soul, her essence. In order to do this however, he must use real women in the perfumery...the only problem is that they won't necessarily submit to being boiled alive so he must kill them first.

Perfume is a great exciting watch, it lingers with you for a few days after (like a garlic sandwich) and the performance by Ben Whishaw is stellar.

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