Pretty badass movie. Funny how he gets the background out of the way in literally 10 minutes so he can get straight to the spectacle. I was prepared for it though, I wanted this to be like a video game. And I was satisfied. This whole thing is basically like when you have 5 stars in GTA 5, or you’re doing a heist mission in GTA 5 but it starts going poorly.
As expected the characters are shallow GTA-esque action…
“Somewhere beyond my shadow, lies anti-clock, the potentiality of an event, or rather the source of the potentiality of an event, walks out and stretches back beyond my vision, and therefore responsibility or the notion of it, becomes absurd.”
I dont even know where to start with this one. So much is happening in this film, and you are thrown into the web of confusion without really knowing what’s going on.
Lots of scenes are frustrating to get through, which it seems Rivette did on purpose. The scenes in the first episode of the rehearsals with long takes, where I had to watch them practice for 20 minutes - with almost no cuts - was slightly annoying. However, it…
we’re all gonna get here some day.
no one just realizes it until it happens.
welcome to what you worked your entire life for. Look at how fun it is…
In a far-reaching way this is like a contemporary twisted Make Way for Tomorrow.
love the separated screen segments. I found it unique and extremely fitting to the overall tone, emotion, and i guess “theme” if you could call it that of the movie. the segment as the man just types…
