A film director, Jean, his producer, Marc, and his assistant, Lucette, board the Trans-Europ-Express in Paris bound for Antwerp. Once in their compartment it occurs to them that the drama of life aboard the train presents possibilities for a film, and they begin to write a script about dope smuggling.... (Full plot summary below)
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A film director, Jean, his producer, Marc, and his assistant, Lucette, board the Trans-Europ-Express in Paris bound for Antwerp. Once in their compartment it occurs to them that the drama of life aboard the train presents possibilities for a film, and they begin to write a script about dope smuggling.
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| User ReviewGeneroso FA deftly thought-out, deliciously twisted vivisection of narrative tropes, the creative process and what it means to watch a movie. Not really propelled by a story, nor containing characters per se (the capsule provided above is laughable, and the confusion of the contemporary tag lines is marvelous), but nonetheless funny, smart and, at times, beautiful. |
| User ReviewNoah JIt is by no means perverse to say that Robbe-Grillet made a new wave film more enjoyable than anything Godard and Truffaut made in the 60s. What makes Trans-Europ-Express stand out is its rigorously controlled but relentlessly refreshing mise-en-scene. Nothing feels accidental here. All music comes and goes at appropriate moments. There's not a single scene that isolates itself as the filmmaker's "idea of the day" that brings more coolness than relevance. This is not to say that I dislike improvisations; it's just really satisfying to see a new wave story brought to life with steady architecture. Trans-Europ-Express also predates John Boorman's Point Blank in the use of editing that defies time and space in a genre movie. The technique would be later glorified to its full intensity by Steven Soderbergh. |
| User ReviewEric RThis is an excellent movie. The picture quality was horrible, but nonetheless a superb film. Robbe-Grillet is a genius. |
| User Reviewaimee aI dig this Robbe-Grillet film - a meditation on cinema and storytelling. A meta non-narrative. Kinky intellectual fun. |
| User ReviewAndrew Ras interesting a meditation on narration as marienbad, arguably less in depth, but a hell of a lot more fun. sort of the no-wave of the new-wave. |
| User ReviewJohnny SExcellent, archetypal Robbe Grillet film. More accessible than L'Immortelle, but less mysterious and captivating |
| User ReviewArt SA screenwriter pitches a complicated story about a cocaine smuggling caper to a producer during a train ride, and the audience watches the results play out, revisions and all. Very dry, very French crime spoof with a hint of perversion (the film-inside-the-film protagonist is obsessed with bondage). |
| User ReviewJaime DThis is an experimental film that may have pushed boundaries at the time but has lost all relevance to a contemporary audience. Slow and ponderous, with seemingly only two ideas to hang it's hat on, with no depth to the characters, there just isn't any reason to care about what happens. |
