The Final Take with Parker Mott

3 Stars out of 4
(100 minutes)

Jean Luc Godard's Film Socialism: perhaps his last film.

After decades of torturing conventions, Jean-Luc Godard has perhaps delivered his swan song – Film Socialism. It’s not one that is life altering, but his film is a good one – the last final cry and aggressive style of a director fighting against all cinematic discourse. Once again he will drive you nuts. His films are not kaleidoscopes, they do have a linear progression: it’s a tale of three symphonies, moving together in harmony but backlashing conventions through a style that wrings similarities to Godard’s somewhat better Made In U.S.A. (continue reading…)

3 Stars out of 4
(90 minutes)

Anna Karina.

Jean-Luc Godard has smarts – yes – but also an impish sarcasm to him. To say Godard is an unconventional filmmaker is to say Albert Einstein was only a scientist. It’s the case but there is so much more to them. Made In U.S.A has a fine juxtaposition to it. We are dealing with a taunting lampoon on American films, quite yes, but Godard strips everything of quality and quantity. The characters are ridiculous, the sound plays with a cheeky irrelevance, yet the cinematography is as bright as today’s colour films. Everything looks mighty delicious but the themes are an appetite for destruction – they disband from any sort of realism and run about on their own. (continue reading…)