FILM

“Taking the best from the underground cinema (freedom of subject and technique) and a few good things from the Godard cinema, he tells a simple story of a few friends, how they live, what they feel. In a series of notes, he establishes their relationships with directness and economy; he makes his people come to life simply and believably - more believably than most of the people in the Chabrol or Truffaut cinema. Goldman, even in his first film, managed to escape many dangers of abstraction. Made up of a series of episodes, each preceded by one or two lines of titles (similar to Godard's Vivre sa Vie), and by no means perfect in all its parts and arts - the film has a thematic and formal beauty that is remarkable.” - Jonas Mekas