tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post4728056201864046296..comments2024-03-28T02:30:08.913-04:00Comments on Not Just Movies: Letter to Jane (Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin, 1972)Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-59867465149774851132011-04-21T11:26:16.988-04:002011-04-21T11:26:16.988-04:00I believe so. I have to admit there were moments i...I believe so. I have to admit there were moments it was hard to concentrate.<br /><br />I think the movie works better when seen in context with Here and Elsewhere, since in that movie Godard is picking on others but himself for bourgeois failings. I still think some of its attacks are justified, though.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-39788113379227590942011-04-21T11:10:33.434-04:002011-04-21T11:10:33.434-04:00Agreed on this one. The sexist tone is often infur...Agreed on this one. The sexist tone is often infuriating, but at the same time some of the points Godard and Gorin are making are pretty prescient and interesting, especially their analysis of the role of Western celebrity in politics. Probably my favorite bit here is the part where they talk about dragging famous Western artworks around to scenes of atrocity so that the figures in the art can stare meaningfully at the horrors of the world. (That's in this one, right? As with <i>Tout va bien</i>, it's been a long while since I've revisited this.)Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.com