The Low Down

A very interesting failure, The Low Down is a standard love story told in an extremely non-standard manner. Freeze frames, jump cuts, disconnected dialogue and seemingly randomized scene transitions make parts of this film deeply entertaining, but the tricks wear out before the film does, and there's only about 45 minutes of good material in this 90-minute movie. Worth watching for cinema enthusiasts, as it shows where the Nouvelle Vague of the '60s could have gone, but probably not for the standard moviegoer, unless the standard moviegoer is mildly narcotized.