Mood Indigo

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Dorottya P @RT20282570 Oct 11 Really liked this movie, which I think translates the surreal scenes of the book well. See more ArtystaPisarz @ArtystaPisarz 09/02/2022 I waited more than nine years before I finally watched this movie. I was aware of it as early as in the first half of 2013 when it was first released and I wanted to see it then, but for a multitude of small reasons I never got around to do it. Now, after all that time I am glad I did it only recently. I would've never understood this story in 2013 when I was but an optimistic high-schooler. There is a chance that I didn't knew who Jean-Paul Sartre was back then! Now, after studying philosophy academically for quite some time my understanding of this movie is, understandably, much different to what it could be back then. The theme of the great, life-shattering decline, of the total loss of optimism, the misery that starts in a state of bliss - all that resonates with me deeply. "Mood Indigo" may seem inconceivable at the beginning, as the movie likes to throw at the viewer mountains of visual absurd as amusing as it is distracting. Nevertheless at its core the movie tells a story that is far, far removed from that smokescreen of abstract cinematic humor. The core of the story feels terribly, heart-breakingly real, so much so that we comprehend it instinctively, nobody needs to explain it to us. Descent from wealth to squalor, from health to death - that's all that is to it. A story so common that almost banal, but nevertheless human. Underrated is what this movie is. See more isla s @RT89656869 09/02/2022 I really enjoyed this film for its surreal aspects. Its very much a surreal French film. There is quite a lot of music and the characters are pretty quirky and animated, in terms of their actions, not in terms of being actual cartoons of course. I would say its an animated film but people would assume that means CGI or painted imagery, which this doesn't. It's hard to describe what it is - a sort of cardboard/live form of animation. It's quite bizarre and so I suppose it won't appeal to everyone but I thought it was pretty entertaining and if I had to suggest another film that's at all similar in terms of the type of animation used, I'd say perhaps Anomalisa, only this film features real actors in person. It's a very imaginative plot and Audrey Tautou does a great job as the girlfriend, Chloe. This is a film that you have to see to (try to?) understand. It struck me as being a bit like a sort of mythical or fairy tale dream of a film, of sorts. I think its similar to other films the director (Michel Gondry) has done before and its fair to say that his work is somewhat of an acquired taste. It certainly makes for a nice piece of escapism, if nothing else!. It may be viewed as a bit indulgent by some but personally I enjoyed the vast majority of the journey it took me on, so if it sounds good to you, then I'd recommend it, certainly. See more mark r @RT41788140 05/02/2021 Wow. Gondry's imagination in this one is in over-drive. Relentless. Until it slows down… and with good reason. Cleverly put together. See more 07/26/2019 For anyone who has experienced what it is to have a loved one with a terminal disease, this movie is the perfect picture of how that feels, how it consumes all the happiness around, and it's nones fault. That's why I loved this movie. See more 07/10/2019 Exhaustingly noisy and intense with little sense behind, I couldn't finish. See more Read all reviews

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