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THE YOUNG FILM FORUM (YFF) ARCHIVE DIVE Presents Leos Carax's HOLY MOTORS on Weds, 9/18!
Leos Carax's gloriously bizarre and devilishly entertaining HOLY MOTORS will screen as part of our exciting new series THE YOUNG FILM FORUM (YFF) ARCHIVE DIVE on September 18 at 6:15! Perennial French bad boy auteur Carax (LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE, MAUVAIS SANG, POLA X) re-imagines Paris as the backdrop for nearly a dozen surreal adventures. The 2012 FF premiere stars the filmmaker’s longtime collaborator Denis Lavant as a 21st century man of a thousand faces, from Oscar, a conventional businessman,…
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Here’s a brief note:
On the surface, HOLY MOTORS observes an actor, Monsieur Oscar (frequent collaborator Denis Lavant), cascading through multiple roles, performing each of these enigmatic, larger-than-life characters—an old beggar, an assassin, a father, and a chain-smoking violent monster—on the streets of Paris. I believe HOLY MOTORS explores the realm of spirits—both living and dead—providing us a road map to life as we are confronted with the void.
C'est pas moi, c'est un ami!
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