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Articles tagged "jean-luc godard" DVD Film ReviewLa Chinoiseby Erik Hinton[22.May.08] :. A group of Mao-influenced French students struggle with ideology, the divide between theory and praxis, and the other myriad conflicts of starry-eyed revolutionaries.  DVD Film ReviewLe Gai savoirby Erik Hinton[14.May.08] :. This is the ne plus ultra of intellectual torture tests, dripping with intertextuality and esoteric post-structural philosophy. Featured Article DVD Film ReviewPierrot le Fouby Marco Lanzagorta[25.Apr.08] :. This film illustrates the genius and brilliance of Godard, who always was a step or two ahead of most critics, academics, and viewers.  DVD Film ReviewJean-Luc Godard: 3-Disc Collector’s Editionby Chadwick Jenkins[21.Mar.08] :. For all of pretense surrounding these films and their attempts to grapple with "big ideas", they are, ultimately, experiences that one must live through; they demand viewing and listening.  Books ReviewMaking Waves: New Cinemas of the 1960s by Geoffrey Nowell-Smithby Michael Buening[4.Jan.08] :. On censorship he says: "It tended to be assumed in European films that human beings were born with sexual organs and at a certain point in their lives began to use them, not always in socially approved ways." Featured Article DVD Film ReviewBreathlessby Jake Meaney[21.Nov.07] :. It's hard to see the revolutionary aspects of Breathless is part thriller, part noir, and part romance. It’s stylish and sexy and tres cool. It's Hollywood, reimagined via Paris. Band of Outsiders (Bande à part) (1964)by Michael S. Smith[28.Feb.03] :. It is about kids played by adults, a comedy, a tragedy, a buddy movie, a heist picture, a romance, an exercise in style, and a paean to B-movies and American gangster films. In Praise of Love (2001)by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece[10.Oct.02] :. In its preoccupations with history, In Praise of Love suggests if one has no history, one has no basis for thinking about or defining oneself. Keep Your Right Up! (Soigne Ta Droite!) (1987/2002)by Matt Langdon[6.Jun.02] :. concerned with asserting the significance of art in a world that isn't interested in art. |
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