“Je suis un revolutionaire.” So said Terry Jones on a rubbish heap. The Python bit is more directed at Antonioni — Resnais’ films, all tracking shots, montage, voice-over and sound collage, work hard for their place on the World Film 101 syllabus. Yves Montand plays the burned-out freedom fighter, the ripe 19-year old Genvieve Bujold plays the doe-eyed Leninist terrorist. When they have sex, they float in a bright white void. I can’t say I followed every bit of the plot, but I’m fairly convinced that was intentional. I now have a firmer grasp on the mundane ins-and-outs of being a middle class Spanish left wing militant exile living in mid-60s Paris. And that’s some knowledge I didn’t have yesterday.
Welcome
Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.
