2004 · essay · war · philosophy
Notre Musique
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard1h 20m2004
A three-chapter (Hell, Purgatory and Paradise) meditation on the city of Sarajevo in the wake of the Bosnian war, on Palestine and Israel, and on war itself.
Our read: Notre Musique (2004) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, surreal essay · war · philosophy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, slow-burn, measured essay / war, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- slow-burn
- surreal
- twisty
- signature
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