Godard

This week I completed the lengthy and lustrous Vikram Seth’s master work of literature ‘A suitable Boy.’ The book is of such toned and doyen layers of life hidden in the mundane and meaningless. The literature is at question here? Do we understand the coveted sense for romanticism in its…

Cinema Can’t Die With Godard, Because It Has Been Dead For Quite A While A Film Student Reflections On Godard’s Death September 13th, 2022. Godard killed himself. I was shocked when I read the news, specially because I’ve been watching his latest films, and he seemed “more alive” than ever…

Read here the Spanish version of this article. Watch the movie here if you are a Mubi subscriber. For some reason, this movie can’t be gifted, but it is on YouTube. The cause of my tears can’t be found in the traces they leave on my cheeks. A 10-year-old child…

Godard once said “Poetry is a game of loser-take-all” in Pierrot Le Fou. Yet in the idealistic “utopia” rooted in elitism or in this “decadent society” we all live in, there is no loser allowed to be viewed or presented with awe under the gaze of mainstream media. This is…

The 1963 classic French-Italian drama serves as a masterclass in impactful filmmaking. — Expert director Jean Luc Godard’s films are considered pieces of art for convincing reasons, and 1963 classic ‘Le Mépris’ (Contempt) is a masterful example of this. Its stylistic choices reflect the sombre, but beautiful & hard- hitting story of a marriage turned bitter. It is the cinematography, writing & somewhat…

[Introduction to Susan E. Kavanagh’s film blog] — Hello you, and welcome to my new blog! What will I be talking about? If you know me, I guess this won’t be much of a surprise, but: CINEMA! If you are as passionate about films as I am and you want to know more about the art behind them…

On Pierrot le Fou — in memory of Jean-Paul Belmondo Liberté. Complete, unbounded — liberté. Liberté without limitation internal, only desire unfolding out its imperatives: une voiture, un livre, l’argent — l’argent. How is it then — with desire unchecked by the self? Complete unbounded freedom — license, license for desire’s unbounded production of ends, actions and appetites. Ecstasy, movement…

A Cinephile’s Guide to Streaming 359/365: Heaven’s Gate (Michael Cimino, 1980) (Amazon) It remains inevitable that this infamous epic rang the death knell, in 1980, for what has since been called the American New Wave — that gustiest of Zeitgeists was too indulgent of individualism, too grown-up, and too contemptuous…