Will o' the Wisp

Will-o’-the-Wisp has its moments, but this is another movie that thinks bringing up an issue is the same as excavating it.

There are showstopping musical numbers, plentiful eyefuls of nudity and much more. I loved every 67 minutes of it.

Few cineastes out there are making deliciously defiant art like Rodrigues, and this entry in his catalog is a concentrated shot of his sardonic mastery.

Hawks famously opined...a good movie [has] three good scenes [without] annoying the audience. In that, João Rodrigues excels. Will-o’-the-Wisp is a fiercely political indictment of capitalism hidden inside a queer romance that never outstays its welcome.