He of the Mohawk and gold chains, Mr T wrote:
"When I was in college, I wrote a rave paper about
_Trans-Europa Express_, a 1966 movie by Robbe-Grillet."
I know the Kraftwerk song.
"In retrospect, it must have been the influence of
Marie-France Pisier, who shares the bill with Trintignant...
Why don't they make girls like that any more?"
Trintignant? Isn't he the father of the woman who was just
beaten to death, allegedly by her rock star (well, as much of
a star as a French rocker can be) boyfriend?
"The movie could be called noir. I say "could" because I
still don't know what it's about. At least I can blame it on
memory... Is the damn thing on video? I could make it a
double feature with Marguerite Duras's
_India Song_."
Don't want to pair it with Last Year at Marienbad?
Mark
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