I guess pun intended. Moreover though, the movie looks quite stunning (at least in the Criterion Collection I had the pleasure of watching). The framing, the way the shots are set up - especially considering when this was made, it quite amazing if you think about it.
The pacing may feel weird for some, the constant text or pages the viewer has to read may annoy some but it is a testament of the time, the movie almost would have been made without sound, first movie of the director where he used sound as the extras are telling us. There is also a lot of material that has been lost - good features on the Disc. It might have been a different even more daring piece of cinema - it didn't work out that way. Still this is quite the movie all things considered, if you can and are willing to do that. Technically it seems ahead of its time, even if that sounds weird or false if you watch it.
The pacing may feel weird for some, the constant text or pages the viewer has to read may annoy some but it is a testament of the time, the movie almost would have been made without sound, first movie of the director where he used sound as the extras are telling us. There is also a lot of material that has been lost - good features on the Disc. It might have been a different even more daring piece of cinema - it didn't work out that way. Still this is quite the movie all things considered, if you can and are willing to do that. Technically it seems ahead of its time, even if that sounds weird or false if you watch it.