Word: segments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chaos, and the brevity of each segment of the picture, are part of the reason why love emerges from this picture as a frail, hollow, unexciting animal. It takes time to develop the conditions for love, either in life or cinema, and the lack of time, combined with sudden switches in circumstances, countries, and mood, weaken the potential power of this film...
Francois Truffaut's French segment is the one almost common tale of the five, and it is told with delicacy if not warmth. A young factory worker falls in love with a girl he meets at concerts, but he never succeeds in transforming their relationship from one of copains to amants...
...Truffaut is too common, Director Shintario Ishihara is shockingly removed from normal experience in his Japanese segment. A Japanese factory worker this time is unable to make contact with the girl student he secretly loves and eventually kills her, achieving intimacy with his love object only after totally conquering...
Ishihara's segment is the most powerful, although also the most unconvincing, in the series. Building on the surrealism in the script with sharp lighting and an enquiring camera, Ishihara places his characters in a nether-nether land, suspended between a nightmare and reality...
...German sequence, directed by Marcel Ophuls, lacks some of the phychological subtleties of the others, but is one of the most effective. Basically the simple story of a playboy who unexpectedly falls in love with a girl after she bears his child, Ophul's segment almost conveys a spirit of warmth. His lovers laugh, argue, have secrets, and do foolish things. They also kiss, which is an act rarely included in this film of love...