Review of The Angel (1982) by Jean-Francois V — 03 Jul 2008
At one point in my life, I was so in love with two Bokanowski shorts I had on tape ("Dejeuner du Matin" and "La femme qui se poudre") that if I had had only one last wish before I died, I would have wanted to see "L'Ange".
When I did get to see it years later, it felt more like a visual nuisance than the masterpiece I had imagined it would be. It is highly repetitive, with images that are physically painful to watch (if you don't like flashes and flickering stimuli), and it lacks cohesion.
For me that was a big disappointment, although I would be unable to tell whether it was not as good as the shorts I had seen, or I had simply grown up in the meantime. As a major letdown, I would compare it to Piotr Kamler's "Chronopolis.
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This review of The Angel (1982) was written by Jean-Francois V on 03 Jul 2008.
The Angel has generally received positive reviews.
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