another beautiful film, this one on the russian mariinsky theater (kirov) by filmmaker bertrand normand. both films are worth a watch for anyone remotely interested in the observation of man as a being… i always said if the aliens come here one day, they’ll learn more about “man” in observing the french gardens and ballet rather than silicone valley or nasa. i think herzog would agree with me on that. by dd
beautiful documentary on the royal swedish ballet directed by donya feurer. by dd
‘…aaaah you mentioned the ratio of 10 women to each man wouldn’t that necessitate the abandonment of the so called monogamous sexual relationship as far as men are concerned?” by xy
black white and grey, a great film i saw last night and it reconfirmed all my thoughts about robert mapplethorpe. on the other hand, telegram sam is indeed my main man. by dd
indeed… this was the film of my adolescence, of course now I am only 14. by dd
was watching the criterion collection 2nd DVD with interviews on the film the other night, and although aznavor will always be the star of “shoot the piano player” …boby lepointe will always be my man. love the song, the words, the look. unfortunately, the actual version of the song framboise is not as cool as the version recorded in the film by the m. aznavor rhythm section. by dd
anna karina in her palmolive advert days
the revamped anna karina under JLG’s spell
not sure what style.com is exactly talking about when they refer to anna karina not being “as well known”. that’s like saying, who is roland barthes? (if you are asking that very question then you are on the wrong blog). what style.com failed to mention after stating that godard had received an honorary oscar in november 2010, is that he declined to accept it. what i didn’t know however, and i’m happy to know from style.com is that coco chanel had a thing or two to do about her discovery. however even coco, the queen of fashion, couldn’t save anna from palmolive… that credit goes solely to god… ard!!
my favorite films with anna are: band of outsiders, une femme est une femme, masculin féminin and pierrot le fou… all worth the trouble. by dd
bernardo bertolucci’s “the conformist” is on screen at film forum. besides the story and everything that makes this movie on top of every list, it’s worth seeing just to realize how it was and still is one of the greatest references for people defining today’s visual surroundings. it has inspired everyone from david lynch to steven meisel, who totally plundered every single shot of the movie. a must see! btwn us, if you’re in nyc, such a movie is better on screen by pp.
i can’t watch this without laughing my head off. this is probably brody’s best dig considering how conceited and full of himself he is. it’s great to see him play the role of a queens’ born, italian, gay, phony punk with a fake british accent. well done. by xy
and a good film… and a good poster. (claude lelouch – a man and a woman). by dd
NZZ (swiss-german newspaper) on sunday nov 14 2010:
monsieur godard, next saturday, the academy of motion picture arts & sciences will award you an honorary oscar for lifetime achievement. what does this mean to you?
JLG (jean-luc godard): nothing. if the academy likes to do it, let them do it. but i think it’s strange. i asked myself: Which of my films have they seen? do they actually know my films? the award is called the governor’s award. does this mean that schwarzenegger gives me the award?
NZZ: where do you see yourself in the history of cinema?
JLG: next door.
– interviewed by christian jungen for NZZ by cdc
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