Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)

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bhodges

What a giant. He was one of the first non-American directors I encountered, through Alphaville (1965), Breathless (1960), and — especially — Weekend (1967), with its unforgettable traffic jam (see Vimeo link below).

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jean-luc-godard-dead-french-director-1235219353/

https://vimeo.com/120901413

--Bruce

TheGSMoeller

91 years young, what a life! Godard was a master of cinema, a revolutionary. So sad to see him go.
He was one of my favorite filmmakers, and his films had a huge impact on me and influenced the way I thought of films as an art form. Godard's 1963 Contempt still sits as one of my top ten films of all time. And 50+ years later he was still making fascinating, and experimental films like Goodbye to Language.


Alphaville was my first Godard experience, and this scene in particular still gives me chills. This scene takes place right after Anna Karina asks "What is love?"

https://www.youtube.com/v/IDX37SxfUgE


TheGSMoeller

Quote from: Brewski on September 13, 2022, 05:13:28 AM
What a giant. He was one of the first non-American directors I encountered, through Alphaville (1965), Breathless (1960), and — especially — Weekend (1967), with its unforgettable traffic jam (see Vimeo link below).

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jean-luc-godard-dead-french-director-1235219353/

https://vimeo.com/120901413

--Bruce

Weekend is great, Bruce. Criterion Collection released a wonderful Blu-Ray version of it featuring some good extra features.

SimonNZ

Mssculin/Feminin and Contempt would be my favorites, though I can't claim to have seen even half of his fimography

vandermolen

Quote from: Brewski on September 13, 2022, 05:13:28 AM
What a giant. He was one of the first non-American directors I encountered, through Alphaville (1965), Breathless (1960), and — especially — Weekend (1967), with its unforgettable traffic jam (see Vimeo link below).

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jean-luc-godard-dead-french-director-1235219353/

https://vimeo.com/120901413

--Bruce
+1
Didn't know he was still alive - a cult figure.
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Quote from: SimonNZ on September 13, 2022, 06:40:05 AM
Mssculin/Feminin and Contempt would be my favorites, though I can't claim to have seen even half of his fimography
There's a wonderful moment in le mepris where Michel Piccoli and Brigitte Bardot are sort of living a glamorous life surrounded by wealthy film people, and then they go home to their flat and straight away have a row about who's going to cook the beans for dinner. The bathos of it is, for me, unforgettable.

My own favourite is his last film, Livre d'image. The earlier ones, Le weekend especially, seem to have dated terribly to me. I have a certain lingering affection for Pierrot le fou though, partly because Belmondo is my role model. This is me in my head

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02yI38FXlzQ&ab_channel=LeMondedesAvengers
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I didn't know he was still alive. I thought he died in the 80's. The man has kep his face well out of public!

I don't think I have ever properly seen a Godard movie, but I am interested to get into them, becaue he is a great inspiration for George Lucas. I feel they never show his movies on TV or if they do I miss them. Blu-rays are very problematic, because of language barriers, price*, region codes etc.

EDIT: I did see La Chinoise on TV.   ::)

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RIP, JLG! After watching Pierrot le Fou when I was a highschool student, I got interested in the Nouvelle Vague movies. But in dacades after that I lost interest in his movies. I think his former wife Ana Karina passed away a few years ago. RIP.

vers la flamme

RIP. What's a movie of his I should watch? I've seen two, Bande à part and À bout de souffle, and neither in years.

Mandryka

Quote from: vers la flamme on September 15, 2022, 02:35:04 AM
RIP. What's a movie of his I should watch? I've seen two, Bande à part and À bout de souffle, and neither in years.

The "obvious" answer is Pierrot le fou or Mepris, or Le Weekend even, but I think this is more interesting than all of those

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Image_Book

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