Is there anything on Earth more tiresome than old Jean-Luc Godard films? Film critics and college professors up the bum went editorially gaga when this "masterpiece" about an upper middle class (I know, I know, I'm supposed to say "bourgeois") housewife who hooks on the side was first released in 1968 (the same plot, incidentally, was seen in Bunuel's 1967 film Belle du Jour). The movie, it goes without saying, is unstructured, with discordant sounds--like a child Godard is an experimenter (he combines sounds and pictures that don't belong together); unlike a child, he expects strangers to cough up bucks to see the less than striking results. As I've said before, Godard is an utter failure on video--he cannot manipulate the audience because we have the remote control. In this film, he whispers extra voice-over narration which would drive you crazy, except for the fact that with one tap of the "mute" button, it's bye, bye, Godard. If you've never personally seen a Godard film, this is as good a place as any to develop a lifelong aversion. Not recommended. (R. Pitman)
Two or Three Things I Know About Her...
(New Yorker, 84 min., in French w/English subtitles, avail. Nov. 5) Vol. 11, Issue 6
Two or Three Things I Know About Her...
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