First Name: Carmen Reviews

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by Jean-Luc Godard and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Even if it might not be one of the most famous movies directed by Godard, it did actually win the Golden Lion for the Best Film at the Venice Film Festival. Well, once again, it turned out to be another seriously challenging movie from the French master. Fortunately, since it was the 3^rd movie I saw from this guy in a rather short period of time, it didn’t bother me so much this time and, in fact, I think I finally figured out what he was trying to do. Basically, you could compare it to the painting Art for example. Indeed, for centuries, they tried to deliver the most photo-realistic paintings possible but, at some point, they took their distance from this approach and the artists started to create some more and more abstract work. Well, it seems that Godard didn’t want to wait for so long and started, way before everyone else, to deliver some really abstract movies. However, in spite of what the French director might have thought, I’m not sure if movies can really work if you strip down so much of the narrative tissue. Anyway, the most striking thing with this movie was probably its sexuality though. Indeed, in spite of his reputation of being high-brow and hyper intellectual, I have noticed that Godard always have/had some very cute women and even young girls in his movies but, in this case, he pushed it even further though. Indeed, Maruschka Detmers, who was only slightly older than 20 years old and in her very first role, was displayed prominently naked (at least, Jacques Bonnaffé who played her romantic partner was very often naked as well) but I have to admit that she was not only quite gorgeous but also seriously charismatic. Anyway, to conclude, even though I have to admit that I didn’t really care much about the damned thing, I still think it is worth a look though, especially if you like the genre or if you are interested in Jean-Luc Godard’s work.