Goto, Island of Love

Bekriah M

Woo-ha. Good picture, good music. I wish this never came to an end, but a good appetizer for Borowczyk.

Olivier Serafinowicz

Well, just after a first viewing, i have to say that for me this is a masterpiece; wild self contained universe with incredible aesthetics, surprising montage, unforgettable sequences. Really recommended, and give the movie its time whilst watching.

animalcalls

Space and tableaux as poetry. The ending will make you feel something longing and dark. Near perfect.

Martin Wilson

When I first saw this film my reaction was - well, that was kind of dreary, if interesting. But, every couple of years I have this strong urge to return to the island of Goto. So much so, that it has become a permanent part of my inner landscape.

dionysus67

Nearly tactile in terms of the craftmanship with which Borowczyk treats surfaces, this is cinema of the (sexual) politics of confinement at its best. Punctuated three times by an ethereal Handel organ concerto, this story of Eros as a force of resistance against the 'mechanism' of totalitarianism, is not only sensual but delivers maybe the greatest tragic finale on the blindness of romantic love in all cinema!

Jason

The amorous, like the political, is a sad (though not, of course, unamusing) farce. What an assemblage! The domestication of animals is just wildly, unbelievably absurd madness. And, of course, we are domesticated animals. Self-importance makes adorable, idiotic little boys of us all. This is just one of the best things I have ever seen. Jiminy Cricket!

Max Seqgar

I wonder if Borowczyk's movies stemmed from the accumulated outlandish trinkets he had at hand; but this one is yet another wonderful collection wrapped around a tragicomedic beauty of a story. Very nice!!

Daniel S.

I discovered Walerian Borowczyk's GOTO, ISLAND OF LOVE in the seventies at my high school's film club between an Ingmar Berman and a Stanley Kubrick movie. I remember the strange atmosphere of this film with the concerto of Haendel playing on Glossia's tearful face. Gono, Gonasta, Grozo, Gurto and Grymp ! GO TO GOTO !