Black Moon

Louis Malle

Malle's venture into surrealistic filmmaking is, as usual, well produced and shot with his considerable skill...but...

It's impossible to care about characters who are treated as abstractions, as pawns moved around an eerie landscape filled with unexplained hazards. Once it is clear that these aren't meant to be real people they're no better than toons...and who cares if you hurt a toon?

I guess he felt he had to do this. Oh well...later in his sterling career he produced several first-class gems like Atlantic City, My Dinner with Andre, Au Revois, Mes Enfants...so we'll forgive him just this once.

3