Review of First Name: Carmen (1983) by Karlo M — 31 Jul 2008
Wicked. Jean Luc as Jean Luc playing a defunct Maoist numerology-obsessed director whose niece is trying to get him to direct a film project which is really a front for a bank robbery. In the mean time, she becomes entangled with a police officer whose passion becomes a detriment to her criminal scheme.
Extremely self-referencial with a little bit of Pierrot, a bit of Weekend, and a precursor to Notre Musique. The sound design is MAGNIFICENT. Throughout the film we see a chambre orchestra rehearsing the music score-- at several points they weave in and out of the story and reinforce the division between reality/fiction in the same manner that Godard's fictional persona blurs a similar line.
Guns, violence, sex, and cars. Gender division, arm-chair politics, drama, tragedy and everything else in between. At one point Godard asks if the film will be a documentary, "You're making it up? the documentary.
.. I hope it's fiction." A little self-tooting of the proverbial horn never hurts especially when your passion is cinema and your first name is Jean Luc.
This review of First Name: Carmen (1983) was written by Karlo M on 31 Jul 2008.
First Name: Carmen has generally received positive reviews.
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