one of the video stores in my city is phasing out VHS, so they're selling all vhs for a paltry penance. i got alphaville and pierrot le fou for a grand total of three dollars.
alphaville is definitely a movie requiring a certain mood, but if you get through it, it's pretty brilliant. the character "alpha 60" is perhaps the most fascinating cinematic figure of all time. by kubrick's own admission, alpha 60 was the inspiration for HAL9000.
for the record, of the few i've seen, i prefer a woman is a woman.
Apart from the obvious one like A Bout de Souffle/Breathless(ah Jean Paul Belmondo), I did enjoy La Chinoise, Bande A Part, Le Mepris, Sympathy for the Devil had some wonderful moments in it, Notre Musique was interesting, Tout Va Bien was odd with Jane Fonda but still worth the watch.
A lot of his films are worth watching at least once, a lot I've seen I wouldn't sit through again though, once is enough, like Week End, and Two or Three Things I Know About Her (can't even remember what this was about...).
Still need to see some of his work, A Woman Is a Woman being one that I really want to see. And the one you mentioned Core, Alphaville.
I know him! I know him! He made that movie...with that 60s chick...in Paris...holding the books and looking super hot!
...sorry, as embarrassing as it is, that truly is all Godard has been to me. I watched it for a bit, waiting and waiting to see if that guy was gonna get biz with that chick, and after a while I realized that it's "not that kind of movie"…meaning deeper, artsy crap. “Lame” I said, and changed the channel.
I know…I’m sad.
...seen Rambo though. Good flick!
Originally posted by The Core
Aside from myself, MildPossession & Solo will be the only ones to participate in this thread.I tried to watch "Alphaville" once, but got bored. Aside from that, never watched another one of his movies. Partly because so many aren't on DVD, and if they are, they're not easily accessible.
Haha, so your sole contribution to this thread is that you tried to watch one of his movies, but got bored? Well done, you vanguard of French New-Wave cinema!
Contempt is nice, mainly because I like Bardot's boobs, but I couldn't eat Godard's whole catalogue.
Originally posted by manorastroman
philistine! if i had my way you'd be burned at the stake like all the other little people.you know, i really don't care who has or hasn't seen any godard films. not sure why i adopted that persona.
Liar! Your pomposity suits you when it is coupled with your general ambivalence to all living creatures; it's the conflict that creates the 'man' (?).
Originally posted by Solo
You're a complete moron if you think "Band of Outsiders" is deep.
B). You obviously didn't catch the vein that my self-depricating/art-school bashing/ignorance-typifying comment was in...hence the "Rambo" comment.
It's ok...See, the reason people like you don't get that sort of satire is because you're the type who just can't wait judge and come down hard on anyone who'll show the slightest sign of not "really" knowing who an artist like Godard is or what his films are about.....Winner!
Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo
Haha, so your sole contribution to this thread is that you tried to watch one of his movies, but got bored? Well done, you vanguard of French New-Wave cinema!
Hmm. I think I'll start a thread on....Fellini. Yeah Fellini...Fellini yeah. And I'll bash the crap out of any poster who doesn't know anything outside of "8 1/2"....oh, and I'll feel good about that.
Way to expose yourself for how weak and insecure your "apparent" movie know-how makes you. You're a gem. If you were half as hip as you think you are, you'd get the brutal honesty and irony of my first post...but you're quite clueless in fact...so sad.
Safety in numbers though...
Originally posted by EPIIIBITES
I think I'll start a thread on....Fellini. Yeah Fellini...Fellini yeah. And I'll bash the crap out of any poster who doesn't know anything outside of "8 1/2"....oh, and I'll feel good about that.