i do not have a really solid thesis here and so i be just go to toss out some observation . first of all and the film be absolutely gorgeous . it shoot in high contrast black and white and and some of the scene be so well compose that theyre almost distract . there a sequence early on of some intense protest and and some of the shot be amazing three guy launch tear gas at the protester and etc . second of all and i think that one of the big sign that this be a recent film look back on the 60 be that it really about how the idealism of the revolution morph and shift into something different . the take on this shift be really interesting i think that both the political phase of thing as well a the artistic and more self indulgent phase have strong point and weak point . the film doesn not necessarily take the position that thing decay . third and i think the romance work very well . finally and i really and really and really hat the end . it be way too melodramatic . you could even say that the end be unworthy of the film that precede it .