Socialisme (Jean-Luc Godard, 2010)

[TJ Wells]

http://www.ioncinema.com/old/images/upload/news_4050_main.jpg

"A symphony in three movements. Things such as: The Mediterranean, a cruise ship. Numerous conversations, in numerous languages, between the passengers, almost all of whom are on holiday...An old man, a war criminal (German, French, American we don?t know) accompanied by his granddaughter. A famous French philosopher (Alain Badiou). A representative of the Moscow police, detective branch. An American singer (Patti Smith). An old French policeman. A fired female United Nations officer. A former double agent. A Palestinian ambassador. It's a matter of gold, as it was before with the Argonauts, but what is seen (the image) is very different from what is heard (the word).

Our humanities. Visits to six sites of true or false myths: Egypt, Palestine, Odessa, Hellas, Naples and Barcelona. Our Europe. At night, a sister and her younger brother have summoned their parents to appear before the court of their childhood. One of the parents in fact has to appear on television to stand as a candidate in the local elections at... The children demand serious explications of the themes of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity."

I can't put into words how bad I want to see this. Check out the trailer below:

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[deadkidsean]

:jackoff:

[Ailite]

this looks pretty great

[Theseventhson]

want to see.

[pshh]

o boy

[Thomas Balkcom]

hell yes!

[stayillogical]

I'm interested.

[poppa Q]

What a cool trailer.

[Bob Payne]

Gonna be honest, didn't know he was still alive.

[Ravenna]

new, um, trailer? the entire film in fast forward?

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFabriziodeldongo#p/a/u/0/tqDiq31Icr0

[IAmNietzche]

Sort of excited. Been following it for a while and I have been hearing things that have me questioning it.

[Ravenna]

Sort of excited. Been following it for a while and I have been hearing things that have me questioning it.
have you seen anything that he's made in the last 30 or so years?

[IAmNietzche]

have you seen anything that he's made in the last 30 or so years?
Only Histoire du Cinema and it's awesome.

[Ravenna]

http://cinemasparagus.blogspot.com/2010/05/two-hour-interview-with-jean-luc-godard.html

if anyone understands French, this might be worth a look...

[-Aaron-]

The film will be streaming online during the time I presume it’s screening at Cannes.

link: http://www.filmotv.fr/rub/98/evenement.html

It'll be sans subtitles, but I'm sure someone will capture it, then create sub-titles with a rough translation. Thus it will be out there for viewing relatively soon.

[Ravenna]

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/05/cannes_5_waiting_for_godard.html

interesting read.

[Wake Up]

I love reading ebert's articles.

[Ravenna]

easily the best review I've read so far.

http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/1855

[Love As Arson]

Good name. Alain Badiou has a pretty interesting philosophy.

[aolsux]

I cannot wait for this

[jbaseball44]

has anyone seen this? wondering if it's worth checking out

[jbaseball44]

streaming on netflix instant

[FullCollaspe]

If you guys like this, I recommend his 1982 film, Passion. Similarly disjointed in style

[nicklopezz]

I haven't seen this yet, but I did see the trailer that was put out a few months ago :-d godard is an insane person but an auteur. glad this has a thread here + glad that it's on netflix now

[Mitch]

What should my first Godard movie be? And is there anything I should read about him (or about film in general) beforehand?

[aolsux]

oh shit, this is streaming?

and for first Godard - Breathless (A bout de souffle)

[x togepi x]

What should my first Godard movie be? And is there anything I should read about him (or about film in general) beforehand?

I saw Breathless first because people say it's his most important, but I'd recommend either that or A Woman is A Woman. A Woman is A Woman is more accessible, it's a comedy, the plot's not as bogged down with politics as some of his other films (i don't have a problem with politics but a lot of people do).

if you feel like it (and enjoy it) watch those, then watch My Life To Live and Pierrot le fou.

[nicklopezz]

I watched Masculin-Feminin first and always recommend for ppl to watch that before Breathless. to me Masculin-Feminin is a better introduction to Godard than anything else, but mitch you might like A Woman is a Woman just as much.

and I also suggest Pierrot le Fou and Breathless

[nicklopezz]

has anybody watched Alphaville? I really want to see that

[deadkidsean]

^ My favorite.

[jbaseball44]

has anybody watched Alphaville? I really want to see that
it's great

[Stephen Chamberlain]

Gotta go with Week-end for favorite Godard.

[jbaseball44]

breathless is probably my fav, even though it's likely the 'popular' choice

[deadkidsean]

Gotta go with Week-end for favorite Godard.
That's my second favorite. Really hope Criterion gets it out sooner rather than later.