Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Hail Mary 1985


Hail Mary


     The French title is Je vous salue, Marie.  This film is the retelling of the story of the Virgin birth with Mary and Joseph in a modern setting.  Mary is a student also working at her father’s gas station and she plays basketball.  Joseph has dropped out of school and he drives a cab for a living.  There is a side story about Eva and her boyfriend, their relationship and their discussions about philosophy. 
     There isn’t much about this film that isn’t ridiculous!!  Everything is unemotional and impassive.   There are many scenes of the earth, sun, moon, sky, water and vegetation.  The best actor is the dog.  2* (I didn’t like this movie) 

107 min, Drama directed by Jean-Luc Godard with Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Phillippe Lacoste, Manon Andersen, Malachi Jara Kohan, Juliette Binoche.

Note:  Imdb 6.7 out of 10, 70% critic 62% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Evert 1 ½*.
Special Note:  There was a lot of controversy at the release of this film, it was determined to be blasphemy and denounced by the Catholic Church.  All of the films made by Godard in the 1980’s were innovative but not necessarily good in that they portrayed images as more important than the story.  Hail Mary, Detective, Passion, Prenon: Carmen and King Lear are all abstract and free-form.






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