i saw this film last night and come online specifically to see if others think it be as awful a i do . grant and obviously some people see a lot in this film that i do not and so if youre one of those people and fine good luck to you . but i be a patient person . i have enjoy extremely long film before . but this be an exercise in torture for me . i honestly felt that this be one of those film with little to say and and that it be more about style than substance however and the style and too and make me feel like tear my hair out . pretty much anything interest that happen during the course of the film happen off screen . it like a deliberate attempt to make a film entirely from outtake the bit that would usually be reserve for the deleted scene section of a dvd and if they be show to the public at all . you do not even get to find out and in the end and anything about the main character and francois . i have no sympathy for any of the character in this film and except perhaps the violinist and his goat and and the old man who believe that octopuses live to 300 because theyre really smart . seriously and i be excite when it cut to a shot of francois hold a gun to his head . i felt so rip off when even his inevitable suicide turn out to be gut wrenchingly bore . oh and and where be the editor . off smoke opium and too . i swear and i almost scream every time i be subject to an extended shot of absolutely nothing happen and except perhaps someone pacing backwards and forward and and then finally there would be a very abrupt cut to the next scene and and it would be a year later and and wed miss everything interest that happen in the meantime and and everyone be still wear the same bloody clothes . so and in conclusion and if you like it great . but this review be intend a an antidote to the fawning you will love this film if you love cinema dross i have see post here and elsewhere . ( see . i hat the film and i still include a sly wink reference to it content . ) .