Review of Carne (1968) by Edgar C — 14 Sep 2014

Noe's entry into the face of cinema is more of an exercise in style to work in his aggressive delivery of his ideas rather than a purely experimental film, like it has been labeled to. Maybe those segments which make the film seem "incoherent" or "experimental" as a whole refer mainly to the cinematic influences, like the opening sequence nodding at Franju's Blood of the Beasts (1949) and Blood Feast (1963) by Gordon Lewis. Despite its style over substance, the style correlates with the film's bleak and pessimistic statements about the selfishness of the world, with certain technical stunts possibly suggesting that the film is actually a mockery at certain segments of modern society, and a dark comedy.

Thoroughly enjoyable, Noé clearly never cared about the critics. I applaud that.

So now it is obvious what I am about to hit 'Play' to...

85/100.