Creativity is a compulsion. A true actor acts not because of fame and fortune.  They act because they have no other choice.  There is no other life but to be the life of someone else; an act of insanity, nested inside a compulsion.  We accept the art of acting because we accept the context: people can behave as strangely as they want provided it’s for the benefit of someone watching.  So take away the viewer, and what does a true actor do?  He or she keeps on acting, their creativity rolls on, and Leos Carax‘s Holy Motors lets us join the wild, hilarious, fascinating, and bizarre ride.