Lost in Criterion
Lost in Criterion
Lost in Criterion
Spine 582: Carlos Part 2
1 hour 56 minutes Posted Feb 2, 2024 at 8:41 pm.
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Our second episode on Olivier Assayas' Carlos (2010) finds the film in overdrive trying to strip away any ideological motivation from its main character and paint him as moving toward purely profit-driven, which is probably the worst thing a Marxist could be. While Disc 2's additional features have our first behind the scenes look with Assayas insisting that he is being true to reality as much as possible, there's already been a lot of speculation that seemingly serves to only depoliticize Carlos' actions. But at least the music is very, very good.