Black Moon
1975 Directed by Louis Malle
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There is a war in the world between the men and the women. A young girl tries to escape this reality and comes to a hidden place where a strange unicorn lives with a family: Sister, Brother, many children and an old woman that never leaves her bed but stays in contact with the world through her radio...
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"The girl? She just lost her bloomers and now she's eating the cheese."
Lily is driving through the countryside, into the woods where she comes upon a battleground, a physical war between women and men. Her car is totaled as she tries to escape the battle. She ends up in the woods, she lays there, watching bugs and insects, creepy crawlies and we're given Werner Herzog closeups of each creature. A mysterious person rides up on a horse right after Lily discovers a miniature, black, horse-unicorn. She follows the person on the horse to a house deep in the woods.
Here she finds an old woman lying in bed, conversing with the largest rat I have ever seen.
There is…
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This is utterly bizarre.
I am not a fan of such in your face literal symbolism. An actual rat speaks french in this film. And a teenager breastfeeds a geriatric. The fuck?
There were numerous times I faintly considered switching this off but I just couldn't go through with it. See, Black Moon is set on a single location, in a single day (pretty much), and there is a constant stream of events that keep unfolding. So before I could ever seriously consider turning it off more weird shit would start happening and my eyes were firmly kept on the screen.
"yeah, this is just not for m... oh, what the hell, the talking unicorn is back?!"
Answers are probably…
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The film definitely alienates its audience because of the lack of dialogue and the fact that the movie jumps from scenes of an old woman being breast fed by a young woman, to scenes of a black unicorn talking to the main actress. At its core though is a story about coming of age and sexual awakening. The war between gender elements is a bit on the nose, but I kinda like that it was on the nose. The idea that man is naturally aggressive against his environment, and that women's aggression stems from a need to protect her environment, definitely provides a lot of food for thought. In the end though, Black Moon's surreal imagery and slow pacing grated on me a bit, and thus I have no desire to watch it again anytime soon. I am glad that I watched it though.
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This movie has a talking unicorn. Nuff said.
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The art house version of Dr. Dolittle
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Criterion collection films are almost always good or has good things about them and this one is a strecth to me because I didn't really like it. I had been at Barnes and Noble a few months ago and I saw this and it peaked my interest and made me want to view it to see what all of the hype was about and I kept putting it off and I am glad that I did now.
You want to see a movie that is like a dark Chronicles of Naria with instead of lion you get a unicorn that can talk. You ever want to see an adult women breast feed and old woman? You want to see a…
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This movie answered all my questions.
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This is utterly bizarre.
I am not a fan of such in your face literal symbolism. An actual rat speaks french in this film. And a teenager breastfeeds a geriatric. The fuck?
There were numerous times I faintly considered switching this off but I just couldn't go through with it. See, Black Moon is set on a single location, in a single day (pretty much), and there is a constant stream of events that keep unfolding. So before I could ever seriously consider turning it off more weird shit would start happening and my eyes were firmly kept on the screen.
"yeah, this is just not for m... oh, what the hell, the talking unicorn is back?!"
Answers are probably…
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I watched this via the Great Hulu+ Free Criterion Weekend of 2013. It was out of sync. Luckily the film contains minimal dialogue. Beautiful surrealism. I'd like to watch a properly synced version.
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"The girl? She just lost her bloomers and now she's eating the cheese."
Lily is driving through the countryside, into the woods where she comes upon a battleground, a physical war between women and men. Her car is totaled as she tries to escape the battle. She ends up in the woods, she lays there, watching bugs and insects, creepy crawlies and we're given Werner Herzog closeups of each creature. A mysterious person rides up on a horse right after Lily discovers a miniature, black, horse-unicorn. She follows the person on the horse to a house deep in the woods.
Here she finds an old woman lying in bed, conversing with the largest rat I have ever seen.
There is…
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The art house version of Dr. Dolittle
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Η Μαύρη Σελήνη (Black Moon) (1975) είναι μια πολύ-πολύ περίεργη ταινία του Louis Malle (1932-1995) - η πρώτη που έκανε με ομιλούσα γλώσσα τα αγγλικά. Συνήθως ταξινομείται σαν ταινία φανταστική ή ταινία επιστημονικής φαντασίας ή και ταινία σουρρεαλιστική. Ίσως το τελευταίο να συνδέεται με το γεγονός ότι το σενάριο έχει γραφεί από τον Malle μαζί με την Joyce Bunuel, τη νύφη του Luis Bunuel, η οποία ακόμη κάνει καριέρα, κυρίως σκηνοθετική, στη Γαλλική τηλεόραση. Σίγουρα όμως ο Malle προσπαθεί με τη Μαύρη Σελήνη να μπει βαθειά στο ασυνείδητο, όπως έχουν κάνει μια σειρά από άλλους σκηνοθέτες σαν τους Luis Bunuel, Jean Cocteau, Alejandro Jodorowsky, David Lynch, Jan Svankmayer, τους αδελφούς Quay κ.ά. Αλλά για τον Louis Malle, η Μαύρη Σελήνη…
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One of those films where watching it under the influence seems to be a moot point, Black Moon is one of those films that a viewer needs to clear their mind entirely and just sit back and watch the screen. Little, if any of this film makes sense but that seems to be the point. This film insists on being nonsensical and any viewing that tries to make rational sense of the events depicted is a viewing wasted.
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The film definitely alienates its audience because of the lack of dialogue and the fact that the movie jumps from scenes of an old woman being breast fed by a young woman, to scenes of a black unicorn talking to the main actress. At its core though is a story about coming of age and sexual awakening. The war between gender elements is a bit on the nose, but I kinda like that it was on the nose. The idea that man is naturally aggressive against his environment, and that women's aggression stems from a need to protect her environment, definitely provides a lot of food for thought. In the end though, Black Moon's surreal imagery and slow pacing grated on me a bit, and thus I have no desire to watch it again anytime soon. I am glad that I watched it though.
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Criterion collection films are almost always good or has good things about them and this one is a strecth to me because I didn't really like it. I had been at Barnes and Noble a few months ago and I saw this and it peaked my interest and made me want to view it to see what all of the hype was about and I kept putting it off and I am glad that I did now.
You want to see a movie that is like a dark Chronicles of Naria with instead of lion you get a unicorn that can talk. You ever want to see an adult women breast feed and old woman? You want to see a…