Helas Por Moi is the worst late period godard i have seen. i will say that it is beautifully shot and there are some fantastic memorable scenes and wonderful use of natural lighting. but what does it all mean when the story is so esoteric!? i know that godard really didnt want to make films for people to enjoy but passion was amazing to watch and to experience. it was like watching art and film collide into our strange gel. and je vouz salie marie was a near masterpiece in theme and style.
i would not have had any idea what this movie was about if i hadnt read the plot 20 minutes in. apparently, depardieux is god. literally. maybe? he plays a man who is inhabited by god...i think. yeah, i was not impressed.
i will say that the bonus featurette on the disc 'godard: an enigma wrapped in a mystery' has a few good critics offering their incite on this strange enigmnatic but undoubtedly brilliant (and pretentious) GOD of film.
1.5/5
About M
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- i love film. in fact, im obsessed. not in the cute little ive taken a film class and saw citizen kane way; but more of a im going to take a weekend and watch 16 movies kind of way. this is my movie log. currently, my goal is watch every movie on the theyshootpictures.com starting list of 7000+ films but also a bunch of other film lists, canons, and misc crappy new releases that find their way onto my netflix queue that i will watch. on this blog, im gonna write about it without using spellcheck or capitolization (you know, signs of 'the man' and his oppressive society!). im also a huge music fanatic and scientist (but we will not bring science here very often). in short, i get easily obsessed with things and cant stop moving. i also eat lots of yogurt.
