FREE ON CINEGEEK.DE Leos Carax - Holy Motors
We knew that Leos Carax doesn't live in the real world, but in movies. In Holy Motors we meet a sleeping man (Carax himself) who wakes up and approaches the wall of the room. The wall is a forest. But Carax knows where the door is. The key grows out of his hand. With it he opens the door. This is exactly the kind of thing artists can do, can't they? Then we meet the man again. In the cinema, of course. Appearance by M. Oscar (Denis Lavant), who lives in a building that must have sprung from the world of Jacques Tatis' architecture. He gets into a limousine with an almost mute driver. From the outside, the rear of the limousine looks much smaller than from the inside. From the inside it is a wardrobe full of costumes. When he comes out for the first time, he has turned into a beggar. The first of many rooms. It seems to be the pantomime's wish to want to entertain us permanently. That's why he always keeps to a kind of schedule. The different roles are so monstrous that it seems completely pointless to make any kind of connection. Is there a narrative thread or a coherent symbolism? Nothing to report. Oscar as a madman who walks through the streets and eats flowers. Oscar at the famous cemetery in Paris - but the gravestones have no names, only the invitation to visit the respective webpage. Then Oscar transforms a model (Eva Mendes) into a woman of Muslim faith. She must have been stuck somewhere in that costume. In any case, the silent chauffeur Celine (Edith Scob) has long since got used to Oscar's schedule. She probably works around the clock, never sleeps. In summary, Holy Motors can be called an anarchic film that is constantly renewing itself. Sometimes funny, sometimes not, often frustrating and annoying. If you try it out on video evenings, you'll notice that some of them slide back and forth restlessly on their seats. Holy Motors really isn't something for everyone!
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