Re: Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 9:53 pm
I actually did laugh, but you’re still banned
True story: I work in a record store. When I showed up the other day I told the boss "OMG my favourite Director died". A customer in the store said "Godard?" The customer and I then had a lengthy conversation about what we consider to be his best decade. I sheepishly gave the usual "60s" answer, but I qualified it heavily by praising many of his 80s films. The customer went to great and eloquent length about his love for the 00s works!Quote Perf Unquote wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 12:54 amI'm guessing your water cooler isn't in the locker room in a steel mill in Missouri or Ohio, or a Wal-Mart break room in Wyoming, or a bindery in New Mexico, or the concessions stand at Wrigley Field, because 99% of this country's population has no idea who Godard is and doesn't give fuck one about him, especially since he has a girl's first name.therewillbeblus wrote: Sat Sep 17, 2022 11:08 pm Before last week, I'd've thought Godard's death would be overshadowed by the Queen's and discussed predominately in idiosyncratic spaces. However, I've been surprised by how many people I know (who don't even get within throwing distance of the arts) have been initiating conversations with all this knowledge about this guy named Godard that they just heard of and everyone's apparently talking about in live media. It seems that he's being actively discussed in a range of podcasts and news articles and radio shows as a pioneer, which he is, but I've heard more people engaging in water-cooler talk about Godard than the Queen lately and it's very heartening.
I wish it weren't true.
Not only would I make the case for some of Godard's '80s and '00s films, I think Seger has about three dozen cuts that I enjoy immensely, going back to his '60s days as a garage rocker. (But I don't think he's ever made a start-to-finish great album - even Night Moves has several forgettable tracks, and it only has nine tracks.)Noiretirc wrote: Tue Sep 20, 2022 11:15 pm True story: I work in a record store. When I showed up the other day I told the boss "OMG my favourite Director died". A customer in the store said "Godard?" The customer and I then had a lengthy conversation about what we consider to be his best decade. I sheepishly gave the usual "60s" answer, but I qualified it heavily by praising many of his 80s films. The customer went to great and eloquent length about his love for the 00s works!
Then he brought two vinyls to the counter: Bon Jovi and Bob Seeger.
The changes are minor but from what I can tell the main ones are: Le Livre d'image-style saturation/distortion of the footage, some Palestine-specific material (i.e. shots from Ici et allieurs), and the repeated phrase "the last minutes of" is now "the last hours of".La Cinémathèque française wrote:A special version of In the Darkness of Time for viewers in Ramallah and the Gaza Strip.
MoMA wrote:Farahani is also the co-producer of Godard’s The Image Book (2022), and his forthcoming film Scénario
That's wonderful news. Scenario, and perhaps even Funny Wars also?:Red Screamer wrote: Sat Nov 26, 2022 8:29 pm
In other Godard news, MoMA's listing for À vendredi, Robinson says Godard's film Scénario is forthcoming. I hope that's not a misprint (like the date for Le Livre d'image):MoMA wrote:Farahani is also the co-producer of Godard’s The Image Book (2022), and his forthcoming film Scénario