Is it worth your time? If you want to feel good, stay away. Far away. But if you have an appetite for cinema that feels like a razor blade—clean, sharp, and totally indifferent to your comfort—then watch it. People who need a hero to root for or a moral lesson to chew on will probably hate it. It’s just too cold for th...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Pierre Billon
Dallas M. Fitzgerald
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"Is it worth your time? If you want to feel good, stay away. Far away. But if you have an appetite for cinema that feels like a razor blade—clean, sharp, and totally indifferent to your comfort—then watch it. People who need a hero to root for or a moral lesson to chew on will probably hate it. It’s just too cold for that. The whole thing kicks off because of a 500-franc note. It’s almost laughable how small the catalyst is. A few kids pass a fake bill, a shopkeeper accepts it, and then the gear..."
Bernard Zimmer, Émile Zola
France
