What an appalling film! Can't believe so many love it. And why Belsize? There's no such place! Belsize Park etc but nothing called just Belsize. Artistic license? Well I recognised a lot of Highgate and Hamstead but not much of Belsize Park. Well OK it's not supposed to be a documentary of the area and I really don't know what it is - a mishmash of slapstick, dream and resembles something we'd dream up after a good smoke back in the day. So I'll presume that's exactly how it was made - but why? What's funny is that when I saw the title this morning in a blog it rang a bell, one with sweet overtones - but that goddamn awful music! So atypical of 1969. Still there is one thing about the film that took my breath away - the extremely long shot at the beginning (4½ mins) over the roofs of Highgate. That alone is really worth watching over and over again. Brilliant photography!
Review of Les bicyclettes de Belsize
