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Synopsis
Three young friends steal some music equipment for their struggling post-punk band and, in a panic, kill the shop’s owner. The film examines, with characteristic restraint and acuity, the psychological fallout as the band unravels—and each of its members grapple with their own feelings of guilt, paranoia, and despair.
Cinema Atlas Connection
In my early films, I had a great desire to merge the French New Wave and American films. Among my references, for the rhythm and the style and the energy, I certainly had Robert Bresson and Jean-Luc Godard. With my first two films, there’s a reference to Godard’s Masculin Féminin.
In my early films, I had a great desire to merge the French New Wave and American films. Among my references, for the rhythm and the style and the energy, I certainly had Robert Bresson and Jean-Luc Godard.
— Olivier Assayas · Criterion Collection - 'Anatomy of an Auteur' by Olivier Assayas