Review: Gisèle Kérozène

In a modernistic city, three odd fellows seem to worship a small bird-like statue when a fourth bizarre person steals it. They give chase on their motorized flying brooms. One by one, the thief eludes or dispatches his pursuers as they zoom through the cityscape.

This particular production was directed by a Dutch-born French film director and producer called Jan Kounen. 

The production starts off with three odd looking people worshiping some sort of statue, shortly being disturbed by another strange looking person stealing the head of the statue and flying off on his broomstick. The three people worshiping the statue then chase the thief around a city, diving in between sky scrapers and roads. The three people then get injured whilst trying to retrieve the statue from the thief and also manage to injure a patient and a nurse. The final scene is of the thief pointing a gun to the head of one of the witches however she laughs it off and then gives the statue back. It seems to her as though it is all one big joke. 

I find the overall movie a little bit bonkers, and I'm struggling to find anything I like about it. The concept of the whole thing just completely threw me. The parts I found interesting were realising actually how many frames this must have taken, because the movement throughout the whole film is rather smooth. If you were just an outside watching this film, I think you would be mistaken for it to be an actual moving imagine, rather than pixilation, which is lots of frames put together to make, what appears to be, a moving frame. 

I think this movie was made for entertainment purposes, as there is no real story line and no message to give throughout the duration of this movie.
This production was one of Jan Kounen's earliest pieces so I think the budget for this movie was fairly low. Casting himself in means the budget was low as he tried to save money on actors, however, I do think it's a fairly good movie for a low budget. 

It's safe to say there has been fairly mixed reviews of this video, with YouTube comments flying in from near and far, with completely opposite opinions:
- ''This one is actually very short, but hilarious. If you could find it anywhere, just watch it! You won't regret a little delirious moment!''
- ''One of the most ridiculous films I have ever seen. Absolutely no story line. Gutted I will never get that 4 minutes of my life back! >:(''

I think the production as a whole is fairly entertaining, and because it's so random, it actually made me laugh a little bit. However, in my opinion, the production team could have maybe had some background music - perhaps 'clown' themed to make it more enjoyable and entertaining to watch?

Cheerio. :o)

- Olivia.