Carax’s Holy Motors is an extremely interesting and unique film as it rejects the traditional narrative structure. In this film, Mr. Oscar plays many different roles. He changes appearances by dress...Read More
This week, we watched “Holy Motors,” directed by Leo Carax. This French art film is a visual journey that blurs the boundaries between reality and performance, and when I finished watching...Read More
The analysis of “Holy Motors” presented here is fascinating due to its exploration of themes and interpretations beyond the surface of the film. It delves deeply into existential questions...Read More
Leos Carax’s Holy Motors begins with a man who is half asleep, waking and opening a door with his finger, which happens to be a key. After this scene, it then cuts to Monsieur Oscar (Denis Lavan...Read More
Chapter 3 of Film Art: An Introduction expands on key elements of what makes up narrative form with examples from this week’s feature, Citizen Kane. These elements consist of the difference between ...Read More
When I was browsing the web for more experimental films to feed my brain on after watching Scorpio Rising, I stumbled across a director named Frans Zwartjes. I am absolutely fascinated by his films, m...Read More
We generally associate the idea of film with mass viewership, since most of the films we see (especially before the rise of streaming), would be blockbusters which we’re watching with several hu...Read More
Although Holy Motors was unlike any film I’ve seen before, I did find it intriguing. Mr. Oscar travels from “appointment” to “appointment,” where he carries out a variety of interesting task...Read More
Bordwell’s essay attempts to deconstruct the fundamental tenets of art cinema while drawing parallels to the usual narrative structures of classical narrative cinema, or the studio feature filmm...Read More
After watching the Holy Motor, Carax’s personal attitude of being a filmmaker and his ideology towards life and death attracted me so much that made me want to watch it one more time. The thesis of ...Read More