Movielogr
Venom and Eternity (1951)
Directed by Isidore Isou
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In this experimental film, Isidore Isou, the leader of the lettrist movement, lashes out at conventional cinema and offers a revolutionary form of movie-making: through scratching and bleaching the film, through desynchronizing the soundtrack and the visual track, through deconstructing the story, he aims to renew the seventh art the same way he tried to revolutionize the literary world.
Length 123 minutes
Actors
Jean Cocteau | Marcel Achard | Daniel Gélin | Jean-Louis Barrault | Danièle Delorme | Edouard Dermithe | Blanchette Brunoy | Maurice Lemaître | Isidore Isou | Blaise Cendrars | Colette Marchand | Armand Salacrou | André Maurois | François Dufrêne | Marc'o | Jean-Louis Brau | Rodica Valeanu | Albert J. LeGros | Bernard Blin | Serge | Maurice
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/17/2020 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
Not really a drama but doesn’t really fit any genre available. I actually requested an Avant Garde Cinema set from the library that includes this film but yeah I won’t be getting that any time soon.
Oh shit we have an “experimental” label now!!!
This is about exactly what you’d expect from an avant garde French film where the dialogue and images have no relation to each other. The dialogue is like stream of consciousness rambling that’s like a treatise of the current state of cinema (in 1951) and how it needs to be upended and reinvented. The photography is often really neat with a few added scarring elements. This could easily be 10 hours long or 30 minutes long and have the same effect. A viewer could jump in at any moment and not miss anything. Perfect for a museum installation.
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