The Dreamers

Bertolucci nu se dezminte de stilul sau dezinvolt. Dupa Last Tango in Paris si Stealing Beauty , in care eroticul era prezentat in context psihologic , creeaza The Dreamers(2003), in care eroticul e plasat intr-un context istoric(revolta din '68 , Paris). De asemenea, Bertolucci aduce un omagiu filmelor din Nouvelle Vague(preponderent, dar nu numai), care au meritul de a fi deschis multe posibilitati in cinematografie. Sunt proiectate pe ecran scene celebre precum cea cu Jean Seberg vanzand ziare si strigand "New York Herald Tribune!" (din A bout de souffle al lui Godard, 1960).
Tot la Godard se face aluzie si cand cei trei protagonisti principali se hotarasc sa bata recordul de parcurgere a Louvre-ul(scena din Bande à part, 1964) Filmul nu necesita intelegere sau intrebari rationale. Este pur si simplu un act de contemplare (autentica mostenire Nouvelle Vague intr-adevar..). .
La vraie morale se moque de la morale [adevarata morala isi bate joc de morala],dupa cum zicea Blaise Pascal (si zicea bine ce zicea ).E important sa intelegi acest lucru ca sa intelegi The Dreamers.


"I was one of the insatiables. The ones you'd always find sitting closest to the screen. Why do we sit so close? Maybe it was because we wanted to receive the images first. When they were still new, still fresh. Before they cleared the hurdles of the rows behind us. Before they'd been relayed back from row to row, spectator to spectator; until worn out, secondhand, the size of a postage stamp, it returned to the projectionist's cabin. Maybe, too, the screen was really a screen. It screened us... from the world."