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A Grin Without a Cat
A Grin Without a Cat
1977
Documentary
4h 0m
Chris Marker's epic film-essay on the worldwide political wars of the 60's and 70's: Vietnam, Bolivia, May '68, Prague, Chile, and the fate of the New Left. (First Run / Icarus Films)
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1977
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Rated 05 Jul 2010
70
34th
Although this is a very informative overview on communism, it can be a little dry during debate sequences or long ideological speeches.
Rated 05 Jul 2010
Rated 08 Jan 2013
90
92nd
To see Marker channel his unique mind into portraying unrest in the era of counterculture brings me to a new level of awe. Appropriating footage of protests and speeches from across the world, the result is palpably affecting. To edit these scenes together alone is a tall task, but to simultaneously augment them with color filters and electronic sounds in a meaningful way just goes to show how true an artist Marker was. This is the 20th century in all its triumph, ugliness, sadness, and passion.
Rated 08 Jan 2013
Rated 02 Jan 2017
75
69th
Marker's trademark style is here, but it was hard to follow at times due to lack of knowledge about the era it is about. Though he does make his argument, even if you are uninformed, clear.
Rated 02 Jan 2017
Rated 27 Dec 2014
100
97th
The landmark of an amazing career. Political filmmaking at it's purest and most naked; montage, not commentary.
Rated 27 Dec 2014
Rated 20 May 2018
97
96th
Em honra dos 50 anos do maio de 68. Cinensaio espetacular de Marker que maneja um panorama das esquerdas ao redor do mundo de 1967 à 1977 e tudo que foi feito para serem dizimadas. Trabalho de grande inteligência, maturidade e coesão. DVD Versátil Maio de 68 no Cinema.
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Rated 23 Apr 2016
89
77th
(...) Sein Werk steckt voller Anspielungen, ist ungeheuer eindringend und sehr bewegend (was ich gar nicht erwartet hätte!). Nicht zuletzt ist A Grin Without A Cat filmisch ungeheuer reich! Das Leben, wie der Verstand es wahrnimmt, klingt hier nach als Echo auf das Leben ausserhalb. (Dazu gibts unsere Film List Nouvelle Vague Rive Gauche auf cinegeek.de
Rated 23 Apr 2016
Rated 17 Oct 2010
40
97th
"A masterpiece among masterpieces, the two-part, three-hour A Grin Without a Cat is Chris Marker's most ambitious, clear-headed string of cinematic clauses and ideological couplets, and also his most impenetrable." - Eric Henderson
Rated 17 Oct 2010
Rated 23 Feb 2017
85
81st
The strange electronic music seems to portend the true horror about to occur: technocracy. See, also: French citizens blaming outside forces for the student protests, a reminder that the inability of the middle class and the privileged to reconcile mass frustration and anger with their own apathy is nothing new.
Rated 23 Feb 2017
Rated 22 Dec 2014
50
47th
I'm sympathetic with Marker's politics, but even so this can be a bit much. I have to admit either way it still undeniably feels like one of Marker's Important Statements, and at three hours it actually goes by pretty quickly, more or less. There are hints of the director's poetic capabilities, but Sans Soleil this is definitely not (but then, really, what is?) although it possibly feels more like a precursor to Adam Curtis' work than any other Marker film.
Rated 22 Dec 2014
Rated 03 Jan 2016
54
14th
Film essay interweaving the search for a particulary type of cat graffiti appearing all over Paris with social protests occurring in the early 2000s. It felt a bit too meandering in a stream-of-consciousness sort of way, similar to Sans Soleil (a film I never really got).
Rated 03 Jan 2016
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