By the end, you feel curiously closer to the performer and her process without having any clue how you got there. It's exhilarating.
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Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Call it the Passion of Jeanne: Accompanied for much of the movie by a single reverb-heavy guitar and a snare drum, Balibar demonstrates a carefully calibrated lack of affect and a voice as smoky as a carton of Gitanes.
Ne Change Rien is about the work, the mix of inspiration and hard labor that performers draw on from moment to moment, an alchemical event that cinema rarely shows.