tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post7227203476004745055..comments2024-03-28T02:30:08.913-04:00Comments on Not Just Movies: Pierrot le fouJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-16205467056768969252010-04-17T09:45:44.993-04:002010-04-17T09:45:44.993-04:00I've reviewed The 400 Blows, but it was a fair...I've reviewed The 400 Blows, but it was a fairly early review and I might revisit it later. I've also seen Jules and Jim but I haven't discussed it yet. Back when all I'd seen from either was 400 Blows and Breathless, I was far more interested in Truffaut, but I think that Godard is now seriously pushing to make my top directors listJakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-48756370905971477502010-04-17T02:22:47.504-04:002010-04-17T02:22:47.504-04:00Late comment, but I only just now watched this mov...Late comment, but I only just now watched this movie and I just want to congratulate you on this painstaking effort to do justice to the film. Take my word for it: you have! Excellent work, Jake.<br /><br />Strange how Richard Brody tries to make a case that the film shows signs of Godard's marriage with Karina disintegrating. I certainly didn't take it that way.<br /><br />I have to admit that I'm slow on Godard. I've never craved his films, I guess is what I'm trying to say. The first Godard film I ever saw was <i>Contempt</i>, which I've never been a fan of; maybe that was a bad place to start. <i>Alphaville</i> was interesting, but I don't remember anything that happened in it. Then I saw <i>Band of Outsiders</i>, and found, at last, a film to enjoy. I like <i>Pierrot le fou</i> even more.<br /><br />Ironically, I still haven't seen his two most important films: <i>Breathless</i> and <i>Weekend</i>. No thanks to Blockbuster Online, they're both set to "Very Long Wait" status.<br /><br />Have you reviewed anything by Truffaut, Jake? I know it's tiresome to compare the two filmmakers, but I do honestly prefer Truffaut's films. Even though he wasn't as radical a filmmaker as Godard was/is, his films are actually more satisfying probably because of it.Adam Zanziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524618281515322239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-83245534041728470532010-02-13T17:11:55.357-05:002010-02-13T17:11:55.357-05:00This is the first of the films you've written ...This is the first of the films you've written about that I've actually <a href="http://seul-le-cinema.blogspot.com/2008/05/528-pierrot-le-fou.html" rel="nofollow">written up</a> as well. It's a great film, though as I've mentioned there are other Godard films I like even more. This one is a fantastic synthesis of Godard's 60s oeuvre up to this point: it's a return to the widescreen color of <i>Contempt</i> after several years of working exclusively in B&W, it reprises the male/female dichotomy of <i>Breathless</i>, and it directly quotes from several earlier Godard films, most notably the famous "body parts" love declaration from <i>Contempt</i> and the "waterboarding" sequence you mention. So it's the film where Godard, at the midpoint of the 60s, looks back on what he's done so far and critiques it, recontextualizes it, and then looks forward to what's next. It's a transitional film in the truest sense, and a very self-conscious one.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-58245501892652801662010-02-13T13:41:13.968-05:002010-02-13T13:41:13.968-05:00This is THE film that first hooked me on cinema! ...This is THE film that first hooked me on cinema! Great tribute here. I particularly love this sentence, "PIERROT LE FOU, despite being the most aesthetically and thematically dense of his films to date, happens also to be his most playful and inviting." I couldn't agree more. It remains my favorite Godard and one of my favorite films of all time. There's also a lyricism here for me that is almost unmatched by any other film or filmmaker.Jeffrey Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464544798603030406noreply@blogger.com