I’ve never been a fan of surrealist films, for instance David Lynch films rarely do anything for me. However, I knew this was a weird one going into it and it was interesting to watch though. I knew it would be weird, but I didn’t expect it to be as funny and as dark in specific areas. It really is a vignette-type film so it’s easy to break this down into different segments. I’m actually shocked on how short some of these segments are, which helps with the pacing. Parts of the film bored me while others we’re really engaging. Still it was so well constructed and reminded me of what Roy Andersson’s ‘Living Trilogy’ would become. It is also works because it’s with these high class people. It just adds to the absurdity. Maria Gabriella Maione is also GORGEOUS (she plays the “terrorist”). I haven’t been taken with an actress’s beauty since I saw in Ali MacGraw THE GETAWAY (1972) a year or two ago. I know she is in THE DECAMERON which has given me some incentive to check it out down the line since they just put it on Criterion Channel.
