tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post2976281048066843073..comments2023-10-28T11:09:18.671+05:30Comments on Cinemascope: Holy Motors [2012]Shubhajithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040495040897333606noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-56924509609110712132012-11-19T17:51:48.407+05:302012-11-19T17:51:48.407+05:30Thanks a lot Sam. The film festival crowd in Calcu...Thanks a lot Sam. The film festival crowd in Calcutta was really abuzz with this film - particularly the film students. So me, and many others, didn't dare miss it, though we all went hoping that the film doesn't turn out over-hyped. Fortunately, it lived up to its reputation among its cult followers, and loved this delectably confounding piece of work. <br /><br />The sequence where Oscar & a group of people walk across the Parisian streets playing accordion, drums and all, was was my favourite section from the point of view of music - it was really brilliant.<br /><br />Great to know that you got to attend a Q&A session with Carax - can imagine what a pleasure it must have been.Shubhajithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040495040897333606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-22821805934118518882012-11-19T00:09:58.512+05:302012-11-19T00:09:58.512+05:30"An incredible, audacious and no-holes-barred..."An incredible, audacious and no-holes-barred experimentation with both form and content, this surrealist meditation on the medium of cinema was also a deeply personal statement on the role of a filmmaker in an increasingly consumerist and technology-driven society."<br /><br />Now that is a mouthful Shubhajit! You superbly encapsulate and interpretate the film's meaning and artistry! Denis Levant is absolutely extraordinary, the use of the songs is melancholic, and it's clearly as imaginative and thought-provoking a film I've seen this year. Yeas this is now Carax's piece de resistance, and it was a special treat to attend a screening where the director delivered a perceptive Q & A. He did seem like he was under the weather a bit, he infused his talk with some personal revelations, admitting the 'melancholy' was part of his life.Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.com