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Holy Motors (2012)

Film
DirectorLeos Carax
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Characters
Form & technique
  • Motion-capture scene
  • The film's referential style and recurring motifs of movement
  • The film's sound design, particularly the unheard sounds
  • The accordion entr'acte scene in the church → The Piercing Detail
  • The film's fragmented, episodic structure
  • The final scene where the limousines talk in the garage
Tropes
  • Monsieur Oscar's physical transformations → The Posthuman Body
  • Monsieur Merde's chaotic movement
  • The premise of Monsieur Oscar's "appointments" → The Hyperreal Mirage
  • The white stretch limousine
  • The relationship between performance and reality in the film

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