william d
Boring and pretentious.
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03/31/23
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Members of a revolutionary group blow things up, fight and have sex with each other, and have long, vague, cryptic discussions about what they should do.
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Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars
01/15/23
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"Ecstasy of the angels" ou comment le pink film se met à la politique, intéressant sur la forme avec des petites alternances séquences en noir et blanc/couleur (mais le film est surtout en NB), c'est un film qui se concentre sur un groupe de révolutionnaire dont les membres sont savamment appelés selon l'année (pour le leader) les saisons, (les seconds) , les mois et les jours (les subordonnés). Après avoir volé du matos de l'armée américaine, le groupe de l'Automne mené par Octobre se fait prendre en chasse, certains membres meurent et Octobre y perd la vue, s'en suit un vrai chamboulement au sein de l'organisation !
Très axé sur la politique avec des dialogues qui frisent parfois la poésie abstraite, le film ne renie pas son côté "pink" pour autant avec des scènes de sexe ayant parfois lieues à des moments les plus inattendues, et en plus, à ce niveau là, y'a plus de hiérarchie qui tienne, à croire que ça les lient plus que leur engagement !!!! Malgré quelques éléments qui nous font rester en terrain connu, c'est quand même un film assez étrange par moment et le démarque des autres productions du genre, très travaillé, filmé magnifiquement et très bonne utilisation du noir et blanc et des couleurs ! "Ecstasy of the angels" n'est pas un film comme les autres et d'autres films aimeraient bien être comme celui-là !
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
02/07/23
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An intriguing mixture of sex and politics, and a respectable sample of infamous Pinku eiga...could be of interest of Godard fans,...and of course not for weak-hearts, it has an annoying torture scene...in my opinion it stands miles ahead of Wakamatsu's more famed "Violated angels"
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
01/18/23
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After only one viewing I can say, without hesitation, that this is one of my favorite films. Wakamatsu combines philosophy and sensationalism in a manner comparable to Jean-Luc Godard and Seijun Suzuki but with a grittier aesthetic, making for one of the most original pieces of cinema I've ever seen. Also contains a super-cool codename hierarchy. My birthday is weeks away. (Hint, hint)
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
01/24/23
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I'd be lying if I said I had any idea what the hell was going on in this film. From what I gathered there's this rebel terrorist group called The Four Seasons which is run by The Year and is made up of four smaller groups called Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer which are in turn separated into smaller groups named after the months. Well, October group is sent by Fall to steal some weapons from the U.S. Army. Something goes wrong and most of the group is killed while its leader, also named October, is blinded by a grenade. I guess it turns out they were betrayed by Fall who's trying to....well I don't really know what she's trying to do...I kind of got lost after that. Anyway, October decides to break away and form his own rebel group of about four people and they end up just running around town throwing bombs willy nilly.
So, I've got no clue what these people are rebelling against. Obviously it's the government, but they never really talk about why, and all of their targets seem to be picked at random. Maybe that's the point, I don't know.
Anyway, like most Wakamatsu films, this one is gorgeously shot and hard to look away from. There are some really beautiful scenes and once again this all sort of makes of for the lack of a sensical plot. Its also got a great jazzy soundtrack.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
01/14/23
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