This is a very French movie.
Yes, I’m continuing my 80s Arthouse Film Festival. It’s another Leos Carax movie, and I haven’t seen this before, either.
This is a lot more stylish than the first Carax movie.
Even on an 80s scale, this is pretty odd. It’s got a pretty high concept hook: It’s about a new mysterious retrovirus that infects everybody who has sex without loving each other. (Yes, I know.) But then it’s also about a heist? And then they’re in a plane? And why are all these guys topless all the time?
I’m just saying that it’s a lot.
Oh! This is the movie where Claire Denis got the idea for the astounding ending of Beau Travail!?
The scene is great here, too. But Denis improved on it.
Exactly.
When people are talking about French lingerie, I think this is what they’re talking about.
This is what I want my apartment to look like!
I really enjoyed this movie. It’s goofy and strange and funny. But I’m also not quite sure that it totally works? Perhaps it’s more of a ⚃ movie? But I’m going with:
The Night Is Young. Leos Carax. 1986. ⚄
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