Reviewed by Jay Antani
(June 2011)
Directed/Written by: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Catherine Tanvier, Christian Sinniger, Jean-Marc Stehlé, Patti Smith, Robert Maloubier, Alain Badiou, Nadège Beausson-Diagne and Élisabeth Vitali
Jean-Luc Godard’s “Film Socialisme” is likely to be an unbearable experience for anyone other than Godard himself and his most hardcore adherents. The veteran filmmaker has pieced together a prohibitively obscure free-association polemic on his pet theme of politics (the politics of nations, races, religion, relationships, communication, gender — essentially the entire fabric of postcolonial civilization) and how it’s processed through the meat grinder of postmodern pop culture.
The first half of “Film Socialisme” takes place on a Mediterranean cruise ship, the second in and around what is presumably a family-run gas station. The visual texture of the first half ranges from the clean, crisp high-def views of sea, sky, the ship’s decks and cabins to the degraded surveillance-camera images found,...
(June 2011)
Directed/Written by: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Catherine Tanvier, Christian Sinniger, Jean-Marc Stehlé, Patti Smith, Robert Maloubier, Alain Badiou, Nadège Beausson-Diagne and Élisabeth Vitali
Jean-Luc Godard’s “Film Socialisme” is likely to be an unbearable experience for anyone other than Godard himself and his most hardcore adherents. The veteran filmmaker has pieced together a prohibitively obscure free-association polemic on his pet theme of politics (the politics of nations, races, religion, relationships, communication, gender — essentially the entire fabric of postcolonial civilization) and how it’s processed through the meat grinder of postmodern pop culture.
The first half of “Film Socialisme” takes place on a Mediterranean cruise ship, the second in and around what is presumably a family-run gas station. The visual texture of the first half ranges from the clean, crisp high-def views of sea, sky, the ship’s decks and cabins to the degraded surveillance-camera images found,...
- 6/2/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Jay Antani
(June 2011)
Directed/Written by: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Catherine Tanvier, Christian Sinniger, Jean-Marc Stehlé, Patti Smith, Robert Maloubier, Alain Badiou, Nadège Beausson-Diagne and Élisabeth Vitali
Jean-Luc Godard’s “Film Socialisme” is likely to be an unbearable experience for anyone other than Godard himself and his most hardcore adherents. The veteran filmmaker has pieced together a prohibitively obscure free-association polemic on his pet theme of politics (the politics of nations, races, religion, relationships, communication, gender — essentially the entire fabric of postcolonial civilization) and how it’s processed through the meat grinder of postmodern pop culture.
The first half of “Film Socialisme” takes place on a Mediterranean cruise ship, the second in and around what is presumably a family-run gas station. The visual texture of the first half ranges from the clean, crisp high-def views of sea, sky, the ship’s decks and cabins to the degraded surveillance-camera images found,...
(June 2011)
Directed/Written by: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Catherine Tanvier, Christian Sinniger, Jean-Marc Stehlé, Patti Smith, Robert Maloubier, Alain Badiou, Nadège Beausson-Diagne and Élisabeth Vitali
Jean-Luc Godard’s “Film Socialisme” is likely to be an unbearable experience for anyone other than Godard himself and his most hardcore adherents. The veteran filmmaker has pieced together a prohibitively obscure free-association polemic on his pet theme of politics (the politics of nations, races, religion, relationships, communication, gender — essentially the entire fabric of postcolonial civilization) and how it’s processed through the meat grinder of postmodern pop culture.
The first half of “Film Socialisme” takes place on a Mediterranean cruise ship, the second in and around what is presumably a family-run gas station. The visual texture of the first half ranges from the clean, crisp high-def views of sea, sky, the ship’s decks and cabins to the degraded surveillance-camera images found,...
- 6/2/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Kino Lorber has picked up U.S. rights to Jean-Luc Godard's "Film Socialisme," which had its world premiere at the Festival de Cannes last year. Kino-Lorber confirmed to iW its acquisition and said it is tentatively planning a mid-May theatrical release. No other details were immediately available. With a cast that includes Patti Smith, Elisabeth Vitali, Alain Badiou, Christian Sinniger, Louma Sanbar, Maurice Sarfati, the film is described by a Unifrance ...
- 2/15/2011
- Indiewire
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