This film is the opening night of the ‘After The Wave: Young French Cinema in the 70s’ season at the Barbican. You can find all the details of the season here.
Chicago Reader review:
Philippe Garrel's masterwork—a dreamlike meditation on doomed romance, inspired by the French writer-director's relationship with pop singer Nico—premiered in France in 1982 but received its first Chicago screening only this year (2018), as part of the Gene Siskel Film Center's Garrel retrospective in May. It's one of those rare movies that exists in a category all its own, bridging narrative and nonnarrative cinema in ever-inventive ways. Indeed, it feels as though every shot is challenging what movies can do, how they can convey emotions, and the nature of thought. But despite being formally unusual, it's always emotionally accessible if not emotionally overwhelming.
Ben Sachs
Here (and above) is an extract.
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