I mean, them releasing a box set of his works despite his relative obscurity has been a given for a while. But
let me reiterate,
Les abysses is so bad, so
grating, so without just cause to exert the harm it imparts that I wish I could press charges against it. Four months on after having seen it, my initial shock has sustained and I still believe it to be the worst film I've ever suffered through. I'd sooner watch the Norman Mailer Eclipse set every day for a month than sit through one additional screening of
Les abysses. And I am sure someone who has different tastes than me is reading this and thinking, "Classic domino hyperbole" or "Well, I'll probably like it then." I have a moral obligation to advise you against it. Don't do it to yourself.