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Sauve qui peut (la vie) (1980)
It's Just Not That Into You
As far as I can tell, this is a film about how Capitalism turns EVERYONE into a prostitute.
And that's about it. Not TOO frustrating if you're INTO Godard, otherwise, why bother?
Kyuketsuki Gokemidoro (1968)
My Two Cents
Look, the whole point of this flawed-but-interesting film is that the invading aliens (Gokemidoro) are a metaphor for the United States. See, the Japanese were a warlike people whose behavior caused a more powerful race of beings to invade them. AND to suck the life out of their militaristic culture. That's why "space vampires." One of the few alien invasion flicks where the bad guys are ACTUALLY the good guys. "Lord of the Flies" meets "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." Worth a look if you can check it out from the library for free.
Trudno byt bogom (2013)
Hard To Be A God--Weird But Unnecessary
Granted, i watched this in 15 minute installments on Netflix so that i could get through it, so i'll already admit that IF i'd been stuck in an art house for the entire 3 hours this takes to run, it WOULD have affected me (for better or worse) more intensely. That having been said, the "Bring Out Yer Dead" sequence in MONTY PYTHON & THE HOLY GRAIL accomplishes EVERYTHING this behemoth attempts, and does so in about 5 minutes. And in a FAR MORE clear and compelling manner, to boot! So, just go watch MP&HG again--it's one of the BEST sword & sorcery flix EVER MADE. Also, Herzog's HEART OF GLASS is ANOTHER movie from the 70's that does EXACTLY what H2BaG is attempting, and in glorious color, as well.