2006
Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau
Viewed: February 13, 2008
Format: DVD - IFC (2007)
Brisseau dribbles this surreal nibble of a sexual morality play with cryptic poetry, brash music cues, and visitations from strange, possibly supernatural presences. He doesn’t have the confidence to pull it off with anything close to the fuck-you virtuoso flourish of a David Lynch. Angels succeeds well enough at borderline pornographic arousal, but its taboo-shattering intentions fall a little flat. That said, the final encounter between director François and actress Julia is unexpectedly moving and melancholy. Angels’ boldest message may be that to deny the consequences of sex is to let precious things pass you in the night.