The Madison

I watched Band of Outsiders this past weekend. To be honest, I'm still not quite sure what to make of it - which perhaps means that when it comes to cinema I'm lacking in discernment.

That's not to say I didn't enjoy the film. Or at least parts of it, which is probably why I'm not sure what to make of Band of Outsiders: I liked certain scenes much better than I liked the film as a whole. Like the one depicted above, where the three main characters dance 'the Madison' together.* I could watch that whole scene again and again. Or Odile's reverie on the Metro, which is interspersed with some astonishingly beautiful shots of Paris. But taken as whole, the movie left sort of... puzzled... as in 'that's it? That's what all the fuss was about?'

But hey - maybe it's just me. I'll certainly be watching it again.

*Was this an inspiration for Tarantino's dance sequences in Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction? I suppose I could google this question, but maybe one of my dozen-odd readers is fan of both Tarantino and Godard?