MadS

MadS is good. Not sure about the big S in MadS. Or even what “MadS” is meant to mean (on screen it’s MADS, by the way). Typography to one side, surely it’s one of the best one-shot movies of all time, in the pantheon alongside the likes of Russian Ark and Victoria, with director David Moreau really using the immediate you-are-right-there-ness of the one-shot movie to its full effect. There are three lead actors, each busting their nuts with hyper-committed performances, and as Moreau daisy-chains from one character to the next – elegant segues starkly contrasting with the rest of the film – he takes a film that starts at cocaine frenzy and … Read more