Review of The Baby of Mâcon (1993) by Alex B — 04 Sep 2007

One of those bottomless Greenaway projects, where in which wisdom comes out of a place beyond simple logical deduction. You have a church conspiracy at all levels of the narrative, designed for commerce and simple explanation.

This may be the most radical atheist film ever in that it makes no real argument in favor of atheism, but seeks at all points to undermine exploitative narrative, and then as one result, Christianity and a hierarchy of manufactured miracles.

But this extends in many other directions, concerning the nature of performance, of viewership, of participation in creating the narrative on screen, all of this is intelligently mined with plenty of room left over for you to explore.

Tis pity this film is unavailable in the states or anywhere else for that matter on dvd.