Godard had this profound insight of road rage in 1967, and with our roads abounding with road rage nowadays, this film has some meaning, albeit exagerated. It tells the story of a surreal journey an obnoxious Paris couple take via car to Normandy. But the trip is disrupted by traffic jams, hostility, violence and anarchy. S ome of the scenes are like after a war, with all the burning vehicles and bodies strewn about the roads and littering the way. Anger is never far away in any scene in this film.
People are uncivilised and patience has completely dissolved.
But it's also humourous, and has a surreal Bu uel-like feel to it in parts. It is a pessimistic view, and frequently the film damns itself by saying it's lost in the Cosmos and it belongs on the scrapheap. But it is a brilliant exploration of the decay and deterioration of materialism. It's certainly one of the great movies. A road rage attack.