Bernd Eichinger Writer. Andrew Birkin Writer. Bernd Eichinger Producer. Martin Moszkowicz Producer. Thomas Friedl Executive Producer. Andreas Grosch Executive Producer. Andreas Schmid Executive Producer. Reinhold Heil Original Music. Johnny Klimek Original Music. Tom Tykwer Original Music. Frank Griebe Cinematographer. Alexander Berner Film Editor. Pep Armengol Casting. Michelle Guish Casting.
Luci Lenox Casting. Uli Hanisch Production Design. Pierre-Yves Gayraud Costume Designer. Laia Colet Art Direction. View All Critic Reviews Apr 04, Great costumes and good acting.
But the story's a bit Not a satisfying conclusion at all. Christian C Super Reviewer. Feb 10, For some reasons unclear to me, "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" has never really piqued my interest before. Despite the fact that the visually innovative Tom Tykwer is at the directorial helm, my inclination to watch this film is quite lukewarm at best mainly because, well, I just don't know why.
But seeing the film in all its glorious bizarreness and vivid peculiarity after all of those apathetic years, "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" has turned out to be quite an exhilarating cinematic surprise. Later, I then found out that the novel on which the film was adapted from is a personal favorite of Kurt Cobain because he was able to identify with Jean-Baptiste Grenouille's outsider mentality , which naturally leaves me even more intrigued to read it.
After all, nothing beats a dose of literary alienation every now and then. Starring Ben Whishaw as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a man born in a most conducive environment of rotten fishes and market filth who has since mastered an almost superhuman attention to scent, the film starts out in a fashion reminiscent of Danny DeVito's underrated film adaptation of Roald Dahl's "Matilda. But before I get carried away by my comparison of a grotesquely obsessive tale to a heart-warming children's story, I'll just stop right there.
At the time considered as the most expensive German film ever made, that fact is very evident in how the film was visually conveyed. By maintaining the architectural grace of 18th century Paris yet at the same time ornamenting it with the mud, dirt and decay caused by sheer overpopulation, Tom Tykwer, known for his audacious visuals Remember "Run Lola Run? But for Grenouille the aspiring master perfumer and scent savant, played with starry-eyed perfection by Ben Whishaw, Paris, abundantly stinky and all, is nothing but olfactory practice.
Despite his less than trivial birth, Grenouille knows that he is bound for something more transcendentally important, so with his grandiose ambitions intact, he then sets his eyes, err, nose, for something infinitely bigger than just merely creating a pedestrian perfume: and that is to create a scent made entirely out of natural, human fragrance.
And how can he do that, you may ask? Well, watching this great film on your own to find out definitely won't hurt. With great veteran talents Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman leading the way, "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" turns out to be more than just a visual feast. Although Hoffman and Rickman's performances may slightly be criticized mainly because of the fact that they haven't tried hard enough to completely disappear into their roles Hoffman quite labors on the Italian accent; Alan Rickman is just too Judge Turpin , the story's twisted yet serene soul more than makes up for the convincing yet fleeting performances, especially when Grenouille, the emotionally lost perfumer himself, slowly tunes up the band for the shocking final crescendo that will surely part the viewers like the Red Sea.
But for the sake of discourse, aren't you curious of what Kubrick may have done with this one? Or what Polanski may have added to it? Or what Scorsese may have changed? But then again, despite of those mammoth cinematic names that were, at one point or another, either attached or has shown interest to direct this film add Ridley Scott and Milos Forman there , I still believe that this Tykwer version is enough.
Like Grenouille's 'human' perfume itself, "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" is a hypnotic creation that exudes a kind of flawed beauty so haunting and unique that you have no other choice but be willingly spellbound by it. Ivan D Super Reviewer. Feb 14, A great film by Tom Tykwer. Better than the book in my opinion. An appropriate depiction of a very untypical murderer in a bizarre quest. John B Super Reviewer. Jan 07, I think I am lost as to what the critics didn't like about this.
It was stunningly shot, completely visceral. Smell, like taste, is something that is difficult to translate into film and the only way to do get as real as possible and let the audience create it for themselves. The extravagant colors and shots were more than enough to start you thinking about all of the scents in the world. Ben Whishaw was entrancing to watch as he became a serial killer and of course Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman deliver performances their names promise. The story is edged with a bit of strange.
But I think that's what made it slightly fantastical. I haven't read the book, but I am very interested in it now. Jennifer D Super Reviewer. See all Audience reviews. There are no approved quotes yet for this movie. Best Horror Movies. Worst Superhero Movies. Best Netflix Series and Shows. Go back. More trailers. No Score Yet. Hawkeye: Season 1. The Beatles: Get Back: Season 1. Hanna: Season 3.
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Play trailer Crime Drama Fantasy. Director Tom Tykwer. Top credits Director Tom Tykwer. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. Photos Top cast Edit. Alan Rickman Richis as Richis. Rachel Hurd-Wood Laura as Laura.
Michael Smiley Porter as Porter. Tom Tykwer. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille Ben Whishaw came into the world unwanted, expected to die, yet born with an unnerving sense of smell that created alienation, as well as talent.
Of all of the smells around him, Grenouille is beckoned to the scent of a woman's body, and spends the rest of his life attempting to smell her essence again by becoming a perfumer, and creating the essence of an innocence lost.
He lived to find beauty. He killed to possess it. Rated R for aberrant behavior involving nudity, violence, sexuality, and disturbing images. Did you know Edit. Two and a half tons of fish and one ton of meat was used over the course of the shoot, and people as far away as six miles reported a bad smell in the air. Goofs The method of enfleurage that Grenouille is first seen practicing is called cold enfleurage - placing live botanicals in a layer of lard or tallow set in a frame.
However, this method of enfleurage was not developed until the 's. The movie is set in the mid 's. Quotes Narrator : He still had enough perfume left to enslave the whole world if he so chose. User reviews Review. Top review. Better than I expected. I'd only heard bad things about this movie in advance and I hadn't been too impressed with the trailer - I thought the actor playing Grenouille was too pretty, giving his behavior an almost sensual feel, which it definitely shouldn't have.
I was pleasantly surprised - the movie is well done, beautifully filmed I especially enjoyed the period details that always felt very down-to-earth and alive , and the main character was never attractive and actually quite creepy although in my mind, Grenouille will probably always more resemble a Gollum-like creature.
Putting scent into images, however, is even more difficult than putting them into words, in my opinion, and this is where the movie lacked. It just did not grip me the way the book had, did not pull me into this world of smells, and after 2 hours I started getting impatient for the story to finally move on and wrap up.
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