‘Holy Motors’ Trailer Looks Like a Shaken Cat in a Burlap Sack

By  · Published on May 28th, 2012

The question is, do you open the sack?

Simon’s review from Cannes praises the positive brand of bat-shit insanity that Leos Carax’s latest flick, Holy Motors, has going for it: “Really, the film is no more than a Kafkaesque short story idea, stretched out into a high-high-concept film that is baffling, infuriating and brilliant in equal measure. It will undoubtedly pick up five star reviews, and the only restraint on this review comes from my own refusal to cast off the conventional entertainment gauge: it’s hard to imagine anyone enjoying their popcorn when confronted with a naked man with an erection eating Eva Mendes‘s hair.”

The trailer has a violent tone to it, a dangerous smoke that lingers, something felt but not always seen. There is an angry potential to it (hence the cat simile). Essentially, it feels like the kind of movie that dares you to see it. Check out the trailer for yourself, and get ready to scratch your head:

Holy Motors will be in theaters when it’s released from the mad house.

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