Review of Juliet of the Spirits (1965) by Jim S — 16 Oct 2011
My take on the plot is that we have a naive good person, the Giulietta of the title, surrounded by meaningless decadent choices around her meaningless existence. Saint? Wife? Whore? What will give her a satisfying existence? I don't know. Nothing, it would seem.
This is a fascinating / garish / beautiful / self-indulgent piece of cinema history. I have no idea which bits are meant to be funny or not, or what the moral is, if any, or exactly how misanthropic this is. The hats are hilarious, the fashions, sets and colours extreme, and the seductive women that populate half the movie likewise fascinating - but because they are real, not cartoons or the product of plastic surgery.
Dreamlike sequences and the glimpse into what cinema can do make this all very worthwhile.
This review of Juliet of the Spirits (1965) was written by Jim S on 16 Oct 2011.
Juliet of the Spirits has generally received very positive reviews.
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