Les carabiniers

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Allan H 11/09/2024 Brilliant but boring when it extends a rhetorical point made in spades, again and again. See more Dani G 08/12/2023 Not the best from Goddard, really See more 11/21/2015 good look at life during wartime See more 07/21/2014 <i>"There is no victory, only flags and fallen man."</i> If there is a film that attacks the senselessness and futility of war with mocking gestures and an epic ferocity, it is this one. The whole context is seen through a lens of ridicule to highlight the ideological, moral and sociological emptiness of the logic behind the destruction of the "opposite side". The ultimate result is powder and metal obeying the orders of the carriers of fundamentalist perspectives about the functioning of a society, the correct form of government or the proper distribution of means and wealth, among others. The opening quote is the most appropriate to describe both the repercussions of war and the message of the film. Godard is unapologetic and applies a style that borders on the bizarre, preceding the chaotic disorder of <i>Week End</i> (1967), and achieving a true cognitive dissonance with the particularly repulsive depiction of war and the comedic tone of it all. Fans of classic Godard should hunt this weird product down, not only because it was the necessary stepping stone for the director to acquire his other complex facet during the ending of the decade, but also for indicating an important message that, although it is blatantly obvious for the sake of humanism, keeps being forgotten even by the newer generations, as indicated by the current state of the world. 82/100 See more 03/29/2013 a very intelligent, poetic anti-war film See more 05/04/2012 Drôle et hors du temps. See more Read all reviews

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