more of an interesting artifact than anything. and yes billy does look cute in the hat.

i love watching a director's early work and seeing their voice and visual language work itself out. this is a pretty straightforward adaptation, but unmistakably eggers. there's an "antiquarian" in the credits for goodness' sake!

"nothing distinguishes memories from ordinary moments. only later do they become memorable by the scars they leave."

"no thank you jacko, i'd rather not."

very dry but slso patronizing. some nice compositions and the documentary format works well with rohmer's naturalism. where nadja in paris treats its subject like a human, this treats them like curiosities.

i found this pretty moving! i literally cannot tell if it's a documentary or not and i think that's nice.

very funny and charming. i imagine this was a formative film for quentin tarantino, with the feet and all.

"i wish i were dead so you'd think of me"
"i'd think of you less"

obviously amateurish, but even a decade prior to the bakery girl of monceau you can get a sense of what rohmer is getting up to.

lots of throughlines with eraserhead. i hope david lynch has gotten over his fear of family meals. the sound in this is excellent.

this one got under my skin. makes me wonder why we don't see lynch use animation for any of the nightmares in twin peaks or mulholland drive.

my first time watching rohmer's six moral tales and so far the moral is all men are trash, which i can get behind. really like the unobtrusive camera work.

an enjoyable character study of a monumentally shitty dude. i don't know if throwing your trash into the gutter was normal in 1963 but i hope not. a good look at how we twist our bad/mean/cruel choices into moral victories.