Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Holy Motors (2012)
Well into
2013, and I finally found my gem of 2012, the mind-fuck cinematic glory I cannot shake. “Holy Motors” cannot be broken down or glossed over. My attempt
will fail. It’s about acting and role-playing not just of movies, but in life, the
roles we carry happily or reluctantly -– familial, professional, artistic, or criminal.
The film centers on a man known as Oscar (Denis Lavant) who rides in the back
of a limousine where he takes on a slew of successive personas: A beggar woman,
a deformed lunatic, a dejected father, and so on, as the film leaps film genres
and lives, all in Paris, all in one day. The man even kills himself -– his others
-- twice. What is French writer/ director Leos Carax going for? I have no idea, nor
any idea who “Oscar” really is. This is a trek as crazily impenetrable the
second go-round as the first. That’s what I want in a film, to get lost in the
unknown. The purposefully bizzaro finale is a blatant scoff at any who dare try
and crack the mystery. And, yes, there is a better 2012 male lead performance
over Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln.” Mr. Lavant. A
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