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Audience Member Two kidnappings: one brutal massacre, and one daring, heroic rescue. The police: "Boss, here's an anarchist pamphlet! 'Black and Red'--it's obvious!" "Idiot! That's a novel by Stendhal!" The anarchist terrorist: "Treuffais chickened out. He's an intellectual. He'll go on eating shit all his life, saying thanks and casting blank votes. History's got no room for shit eaters! I drink to us, the desperadoes! I don't give a damn whether I'm politically dumb or not! History made us, and that proves civilization's going to hell, one way or another! I'd rather die in blood than in a pile of shit!" The conclusion: "Leftist and State-controlled terrorism, though their motives can't be compared, are the two jaws of the same idiotic trap. The State hates terrorism, but prefers it to revolution. When each man realizes the need to destroy the State, the State tries to destroy everything. Since it must come to an end, it tries to destroy all. Thus the desperado assassin becomes a type of behavior consumable by Society. The State has chosen between revolt and death, and hopes all will make the same choice. It's a trap for revolutionaries, and I fell into it. I'm not the only one. And that makes me shit. Criticizing terrorism does not condemn civil war. A good civil war is worth more than a rotten peace." Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member (****): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] A darkly funny and interesting film. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member A change of pace for Chabrol, with heavy doses of dark humor and gore. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Between a 6/10 and 7/10, this is an intellectual "thriller" whose rather crudely constructed and edited action sequences have not aged well -- but by the relentless comparison of two extreme political positions of the right and the left, Chabrol manages to poke holes in both the status quo and the idea of revolution in his unblinking non-partisan satirical style. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review walter m "Nada" starts with D'Arey(Lou Castel) trying to recruit Epaulard(Maurice Garrel), a veteran of revolutions, into a scheme to kidnap the American ambassador(Lyle Joyce). Epaulard thinks the plan is so insane that he goes back into a wine bar, needing another drink. What D'Arey needs is his silence, enlisting Diaz(Fabio Testi) but the two men recognize each other as old comrades and Epaulard has a change of heart. So does Treuffais(Michel Duchaussoy), a university professor, who opts out. As secret as their plan is, somebody is still on hand to videotape them... A little trickier than the average Claude Chabrol film, "Nada" begins with a burst of energy before shifting gears in its second act to almost forget about the kidnappers, focusing instead on the government response. While surprisingly sympathetic towards the kidnappers, the same cannot be said for the authorities who exploit terrorism for their own agenda. The film was made in 1974 at a time when revolutionary violence and terrorism were not unusual(the American ambassador was kidnapped in Brazil in 1969) but not when sneakers were. However, it does seem odd that a revolutionary cell would just ask for money. Surely, there are political demands they could have made like releasing prisoners, ending military activity or having Roger Moore replaced as James Bond. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Poderia ser o começo do género leftploitaxion (misturando políticas de extrema-esquerda com exploitation) mas não passa de um filme menor de Chabrol. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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