Godard Was God
"In Jean Luc Godard's 'return to zero' film Le Gai Savoir, a pretty woman is shown reading a poem in front of a wall adorned with large images of Batman, the Hulk and Spiderman. Four decades ago none of those mutated heroes were well known outside culture mongers and kids reading comics. Flash forward to the present and those iconic images are what sell current movies. In fact they're all present this summer if you replace Peter Parker with Bruce Banner. Name a filmmaker working now with a film that has a single frame that identifies the zeitgeist of 2048." -- HE reader Michael Bergeron.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on April 30, 2008 at 11:46 PM
comment #1
JacksOrBetter
says ...
But why the past tense?
His post-1980 is more and more, uh, challenging, but the guy's a gosh-darn genius.
Posted by JacksOrBetter
at May 1, 2008 12:35 AM
comment #2
Devin Faraci
says ...
"Name a filmmaker working now with a film that has a single frame that identifies the zeitgeist of 2048."
Hopefully Plorvax, the HE commenter from the 22nd century, can weigh in on this. Because otherwise this is a stupid sentence.
Posted by Devin Faraci
at May 1, 2008 1:09 AM
comment #3
BurmaShave
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Every frame of CHILDREN OF MEN identifies the zeitgeist of 30 years from now, unfortunately, but that is why it is probably the greatest film of this decade.
Posted by BurmaShave
at May 1, 2008 1:59 AM
comment #4
corey3rd
says ...
comic book characters aren't that predicting of culture. Not like Godard had his character list the names of The Hills cast.
Posted by corey3rd
at May 1, 2008 5:46 AM
comment #5
Mark G.
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Godard was overrated 40 years ago and he sure is unwatchable today...
Posted by Mark G.
at May 1, 2008 6:09 AM
comment #6
The Hoyk
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Next to George Lucas' thorough ruination of the once-glorious STAR WARS franchise, is there a more heartbreaking turn of events for movie lovers than Godard? His '60's output so fresh, frequent, and exciting, and then he effectively kills himself with unwatchable, preachy "commie" fare. And then when he ostensibly claims to be working in a commercial idiom again, undercuts his occasionally challenging moments with snotty, condescending public statements and a downright hostile indifference to the general audience, masturbating himself into cultural irrelevance over the last three decades.
Posted by The Hoyk
at May 1, 2008 6:29 AM
comment #7
Howlingman
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"His post-1980 is more and more, uh, challenging, but the guy's a gosh-darn genius."
No, just French.
Posted by Howlingman
at May 1, 2008 6:57 AM
comment #8
D.Z.
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Hoyk: You're only assuming that his older stuff was only non-commie affiliated because it wasn't so blatant. http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080501i.php
Posted by D.Z.
at May 1, 2008 8:18 AM
comment #9
BlueBomm
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This is ridiculous. Everyday people didn't know who Batman was in 1969? Seriously, just think about that for a second...
Posted by BlueBomm
at May 1, 2008 10:43 AM
comment #10
D.Z.
says ...
Plus they had those crappy one-frame Spider Man and Hulk cartoons in the 60s, but I'm not sure those count...
Posted by D.Z.
at May 1, 2008 2:31 PM
comment #11
Richardson
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I do agree with him that no comic book character created today is going to be omnipresent in 40 years, but that doesn't really have anything to do with Godard.
That's like saying, "Hey, 'King Kong' was one of the hugest movies ever made a few years ago, so I guess Dino DiLaurentiis was onto something."
Posted by Richardson
at May 2, 2008 1:17 PM
comment #12
kitchenaid parts
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When talking about hulk, batman and spiderman, it's remind me when child.
Posted by kitchenaid parts
at January 16, 2010 5:27 PM
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at March 8, 2010 9:40 PM
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