Evocatively shot by cinematographer sven nykvist, black moon is a freudian tale of. That would be black moon, made in 1975 and featuring joe dallesandro and cathryn harrison, granddaughter of rex harrison, and a gaggle of naked children running wild with a large white pig. To escape a gender war, a girl flees to a remote farmhouse and becomes part of an extensive familys unusual, perhaps even supernatural, lifestyle. A young girl tries to escape this reality and comes to a hidden place where a strange unicorn lives with a family. Malle recalled telling her that for his new movie he wanted to give her a more important part. Black moon is an extremely bizarre movie that shot right out of the. Louis malle, 1975 black moon is a chimerical, hallucinatory concoction from french director louis malle. Malles work includes, among many other notable films, the ultimate conversation movie my dinner with andre, which i cite for a very specific reason. The release in september 1975 of what he called his mythological fairy tale.
Some of these pictures and descriptions may give away plot details that you might not want to know before watching the film. Its within this framework right in the middle that one finds louis malles 1975 film, black moon. In louis malles apocalyptic fantasy black moon, lily cathryn harrison, granddaughter of. Black moon is a 1975 frenchwest german avantgarde film directed by louis malle and starring.
Cathryn harrison, therese giehse, alexandra stewart. Its plot follows a young woman who seeks refuge from a civil war between the genders in a rural chateau, where she is taken in by a bizarre family and encounters numerous dreamlike scenarios shown at the 1975 new york film festival, it was. I must say, seeing this film was like an adult orientated verison of alice in wonderland. The brother is the republic of france, who maintains a dying garden economics and kills the eagle empire. Film black moon 1975 full subtitle black moon 1975 full. The release in september 1975 of what he called his mythological fairy tale taking place in the near future disconcerted many, especially as people had expected him to follow. This is an experimental film from the great french director louis malle. A young girl tries to escape this reality and comes to a hidden place where a strange unicorn lives w. Hear classic music from black moon, 1975, directed by louis malle, with cathryn harrison, joe dallesandro, alexandra stewart, at tcm. It has since been screened at theatrical revivals and aired on the television channel turner classic movies.
Shown at the 1975 new york film festival, it was distributed in the united states by 20th century fox. Its hard to describe the plot of black moon, but ill try my best to sum it up simply. May 10, 2017 home science fiction le film black moon 1975 vostfr. And a manor house where something is always cooking. At this point, the beginning of louis malles vivid fable of a film, black moon, the girl suggests lewis carrolls alice going down the rabbit hole in a. Itself exhibiting the influence of everything from the composite works of luis bunuel and lewis carroll to singular films like ingmar bergmans shame 1968 and robert altmans images 1972, malles fantastic voyage also expresses stimulus from realworld occurrences, like the. Malles weird surrealist fantasy updates alice in wonderland into a future society where men and women are engaged in deadly combat, seemingly coexistent with an alternative comradeship of talking rats and enchanted unicorns.
This is the crazy french movie, black moon, by louis malle who teams up with genius sven nykvist, which results in a. Black moon s visual style also betrays just how dramatically the material cuts against the grain of the directors realist tendencies. There is a war in the world between the men and the women. Watch black moon starring cathryn harrison in this fantasy on directv. A young girl, cathryn harrison, is fleeing certain death in a war. Rent black moon 1975 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. At times, this looks like a david lynch film, what with an old woman.
The sister is the classic spirit, goddess, of france sustenance. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto int. Rent black moon 1975 starring cathryn harrison and therese giehse on dvd and bluray. Black moon may well deserve the title of louis malles film maudit. Alice in the chaotic, freudian, baadermeinhof wonderland i guess i expected more than just a story of pubescence decapitation of an eagle as a metaphor for defloration is a miss again, joe dalessandro is insufferable good. Without a doubt, malles black moon is one strange and beautiful movie. Black moon is a film directed by louis malle with therese giehse, cathryn harrison, joe dallesandro, alexandra stewart. Its plot follows a young woman who seeks refuge from a civil war between the genders in a rural chateau, where she is taken in by a bizarre family and encounters numerous dreamlike scenarios. Aug 01, 2016 this month alli made britnee, brandon, and boomer watch black moon 1975. France west g black moon 1975 classic horror film board classic horror film board. Watch black moon 1975 stream movie hd am all of an a model and its are plodding ends, a these outs when are gavidae equator fails and it heave by inched more exploits to director in well. Black moon is a 1975 fantasy horror film directed by louis malle and starring cathryn harrison, joe dallesandro, therese giehse, and alexandra stewart.
In louis malles apocalyptic fantasy black moon, lily cathryn harrison, granddaughter of rex drives down a lonesome road, and soon finds herself in a alternate world full of non sequiturs and. Black moon, a surreal 1975 film directed by louis malle, was the winner of two french cesar awards for sound and cinematography. Black moon trailer 1975 the criterion collection youtube. Black moon is a unique film, constructed entirely out of archetypes that connect as dream images connect not in a linear, causal fashion, but through their interior meanings.
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