A strange story about a mysterious ship and its mysterious crew and their mysterious destinations, artfully directed by Ruiz. I appreciated what was going on while also being a bit bored by it. The photography is unusual, especially some of the worm's-eye view stuff. And Jean-Bernard Guillard is a good actor with an intriguing presence. It just didn't wow me... perhaps a better print would have been more engaging. Still, the story is interesting and the narrative has a Resnais quality to it.

The visual prowess shown here is impressive, so many great images so that even when the plotting wasn't exactly grabbing me I could still sit back and enjoy the view. That said the imagination of the film and the story that is weaved often didn't grab me like in Ruiz's best films. Maybe it's because of it being relatively simple for a Ruiz film, with the lessened mystery being what made the experience less magical for me. Still a very enjoyable experience though.

Gave this alternately confusing, offensive, tedious, overlong and occasionally visually arresting movie extra marks for its remarkable soundtrack.

Definitely has some wonderful moments, and overall i enjoyed the style, but unfortunately a bit too convoluted and incoherent for me i'm afraid.