This is the film that put him on the world map and it is extraordinary. Outstanding lighting, camera movement, sound design, tone and pace gave it an unforgettable impact. This takes the work of Tarkovsky, Jansco and maybe David Lynch and raises it to another level. This is film as art. I thought the chanteuse sequence was brilliant. That's the good part.
On the minus side, the film was bleak. Filled with despair, the sheer hopelessness of existence, pain, pointlessness. Minimal plot. Enigmatic philosophizing by an old woman who shows up from time to time. Constant rain. The least erotic sex scene in all of film. People dancing and acting like fools in a mud-filled night club. In the final scene the "hero" out-barks a dog.
A great filmmaker with a very twisted view on it all.
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