Just saw this at Toronto Film Festival. Quite contrary to my expectations, this is a terrible, extremely boring film.
First, at my screening there were no subtitles at all, so unless you spoke French, you would not have understood much. From further discussion, the subtitles were supposed to be there, but are apparently minimal.
Second, the film reminds me of that pieces of "art" in one of the museums which consists solely of an overturned toilet. The film comprises a number of loosely related segments with jarring sound and cuts. I understand that some of you will argue this is "modern art" - however, to me, this is just terrible filmmaking. It's not art much the same way an overturned toilet isn't either.
Finally, the segments, and the film as a whole, are so generic and open to interpretation that they lose all meaning along the way. The one theme of a terrible, vicious and disorderly humanity is revealed in such a boring and generic way that it introduces absolutely no new value whatsoever.
Do not waste your time on this film, see something better instead. It is also very upsetting to think that this movie has made it so far (to a number of festivals) simply because of the name attached to it. If anyone else made a film like this, it would be discarded and forgotten almost immediately, but because this was done by one of the masters, it gets shown everywhere as a "true art film", which it isn't.
First, at my screening there were no subtitles at all, so unless you spoke French, you would not have understood much. From further discussion, the subtitles were supposed to be there, but are apparently minimal.
Second, the film reminds me of that pieces of "art" in one of the museums which consists solely of an overturned toilet. The film comprises a number of loosely related segments with jarring sound and cuts. I understand that some of you will argue this is "modern art" - however, to me, this is just terrible filmmaking. It's not art much the same way an overturned toilet isn't either.
Finally, the segments, and the film as a whole, are so generic and open to interpretation that they lose all meaning along the way. The one theme of a terrible, vicious and disorderly humanity is revealed in such a boring and generic way that it introduces absolutely no new value whatsoever.
Do not waste your time on this film, see something better instead. It is also very upsetting to think that this movie has made it so far (to a number of festivals) simply because of the name attached to it. If anyone else made a film like this, it would be discarded and forgotten almost immediately, but because this was done by one of the masters, it gets shown everywhere as a "true art film", which it isn't.