Holy Motors
Join Monsieur Oscar (Denis Lavant) on his rollicking, soulful journey by limousine through the streets of Paris as he transforms into multiple characters for a series of mysterious "appointment." Director Leos Carax melds monster movie, film noir, romantic drama, musical, crime thriller, and anime in his mirthful, mind-bending masterwork, featuring new original music performed by Kylie Minogue.
Eva Mendes and Kylie Minogue also star alongside Denis Lavant, whose performance has been named Top 10 of the Year by TIME Magazine. One of the most acclaimed and beloved films of the year, HOLY MOTORS is a ravishing fever dream of becoming, unraveling and starting all over again.
Winner at the Cannes Film Festival
"Fueled By Pure Feeling... It's A Thing Of Beauty." - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"The #1 Film Of The Year!" - The New Yorker (Richard Brody)
Running Time
118 mins
Year
2012
Rating
R
Kanopy ID
1652709
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Comments (11)
saw it once. need to see it again to decide what I think maybe in a few years. .if you want the avante garde, something different, this is it.
keeps you guessing. wierd eerie. person who was bored, I can understand. love it, hate it. it takes a while to even understand what is ...Read more
saw it once. need to see it again to decide what I think maybe in a few years. .if you want the avante garde, something different, this is it.
Read lesskeeps you guessing. wierd eerie. person who was bored, I can understand. love it, hate it. it takes a while to even understand what is happening. For me any attempt at something different, daring, experimental, a new voice, is worthwhile, even if it falls short at times..
Imagine, at the cost of a possible true reality television broadcast, you could have a professional actor with his or her array of makeup and theatrical techniques replace you in your most embarrassing, painful, violent, or just plain weird moments.
What of these actors asked to stand ...Read more
Imagine, at the cost of a possible true reality television broadcast, you could have a professional actor with his or her array of makeup and theatrical techniques replace you in your most embarrassing, painful, violent, or just plain weird moments.
What of these actors asked to stand in for you? Orchestrated in a strange Quantum Leap where Ziggy is a much more realistic AI than found in the Matrix, what happens to them?
Most of us will trundle through the sewers from the grave to what follows afterwards, but there will always be those who stride against the flow. I'm not really sure where I'm going with this, so I'll just say maybe it's important sometimes to rush and eat the flowers.
Oh, and perhaps to note, that hell yeah, Peter Lorre would be wonderful in a role like this.
Read lessA crazy episodic reverie that's reaching just as aggressively for your heart as for your subconscious, but maybe not grasping them equally. A man pretending to be a sewer monster bites off a woman's fingers while kidnapping Eva Mendes from a photo shoot, and that's only the third-weirdest ...Read more
A crazy episodic reverie that's reaching just as aggressively for your heart as for your subconscious, but maybe not grasping them equally. A man pretending to be a sewer monster bites off a woman's fingers while kidnapping Eva Mendes from a photo shoot, and that's only the third-weirdest moment in the movie. Totally unforgettable.
Read lessBrilliant almost disturbing, but that's life!
This is a very boring "art film" that makes absolutely no sense. I don't understand the point of any of this. It was not entertaining to me. Just detached scenes that make no sense. Not an interesting character. Rollicking? No. Soulful? No. Stupid, inaccurate description.
It seems to me that this was a pet project of the director. It is mostly divorced from reality as the lead character is driven around in a limousine to various "appointments." I kept wondering, who is paying this guy? Turns out, he is one of many, apparently. Some of the appointments were ...Read more
It seems to me that this was a pet project of the director. It is mostly divorced from reality as the lead character is driven around in a limousine to various "appointments." I kept wondering, who is paying this guy? Turns out, he is one of many, apparently. Some of the appointments were interesting and/or emotionally evocative. The one with the girl being picked up from a party seemed kind of sad. Mostly, once I realized that the movie was not going to give me any insights about its underlying structure, I was just hoping for it to end.
Read lesswonderful
What I love about this film is how the film feels like the whole story came straight out of someone's dream.
Don't ask me why, but the accordion scene makes me cry like a baby.
This film is unreal, I could watch Denis Lavant effortlessly switch from character to character for hours on end and never get bored. 10/10.
wow