Sunday, December 16, 2018

Wheel of Ashes (France, 1968)


It's mostly silent with voice over and music with some synchronized verbiage.  A young fellow mopes around Paris wallowing in existential angst for some reason. A lot about various religions. Starts with a title about karma and reincarnation.



The black and white shots of Paris look good. Made me wonder if you could do anything like it on video. (Of course you could. Look at The Cruise.)

Made by New Yorker Peter Emmanuel Goldman. That guy turned out to be an asshole. In 1983, he produced a "documentary" for a pro-Israeli group accusing NBC news of not being adequately pro-Israel during the invasion of Lebanon.

90 minutes. Way too long. Available on Fandor.

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