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Vivre Sa Vie 1962
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiXADCFQhjU&t=12s
Jean-Luc Godard can be a real son of of a bitch.
Vivre Sa Vie is about attempting to navigate an unfeeling world. It's about the beautiful Anna Karina and it's about tragedy. It is Godard's Pandora's Box and it unfolds rhythmically in a brilliant parade of pathos. Vivre Sa Vie is a cocoon of complex love. It is Godard studying his lover. He is trying to envelop her in his spirit. He's trying to capture her. He's trying to…
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The Holy Mountain 1973
Jodorowsky is a chronic masturbater. The Holy Mountain has got to be the most self-gratifying film I have ever seen. It's a ham-fisted romp through tarot grammar and cacophonous symbolism. It's a film that fails in every single dimension. The Holy Mountain is a catastrophic mess.
It's a film that relies heavily, almost solely, on symbolism and playing with archetypes. Jodorowsky makes the mistake of cluttering his film with too many poorly expressed icons, painting them without masks, and failing…
