kinda janky as a standalone thing, but i like Kantor for the way he marries theatre and abstract colour. This is more just the latter, but the roughshod splashiness reminds me of being on a very wet slippery stage

I approached this as usual, like a canonical chore! It's petty and a nuisance, but I don't like my completist bent, I don't want movie homework, and so I can sometimes be less open hearted than I'd like to be when it comes to the real macdaddies of film academe, like this one.
There's usually some sort of technical board pin to spot. The first film to employ such-and-such. Poetic Realism in the case of this film, apprently. But that…