The Big Departure
The Big Departure
| 15 November 1972 (USA)
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This is the only feature directed by the famed French painter and sculptor Martial Raysse. In keeping with the revolutionary spirit of the time, the movie has no plot to speak of and appears to have been largely made up on the spot. We follow the cat man into a bizarre fantasy universe presented in negative exposure that reverses color values (black is white and vice versa) and written words. The cat man steals a car and then picks up a young girl he promises to take to “Heaven.” Heaven turns out to be a country chateau inhabited by several more animal mask wearing weirdoes...

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Grimossfer

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

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Catangro

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

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Edwin

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

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Darin

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

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