Holy Motors

I love this. I watched it with my brother and, confused as we were throughout, afterwards we discussed our views and discovered that both of us had different views, but then after thinking about it together we came to the conclusion we were both correct in our analysis. I saw it as a tribute to acting and performance, the range of emotion and delivery from Denis Lavant is wonderful. It's a lament on the history of film, and a look at the future of it. I remember the quote, "The cameras used to be bigger than us, now we can't even see them". Obviously, first and foremost a comment on the transition from film to digital, something I know Leos Carax resents heavily enough to take a hiatus after Pola X (which will forever be my favorite), My brother saw it as a commentary on society and the masks we wear around others. As though 'everything is a performance' and nothing is real. I think that both are true, this film says both. I think the general "point" of this film, is to entertain. Like movies, theatre, musicals. As someone who comes from a family of performers, I approve of this message. Also getting my brother onto Leos Carax is great yippee