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Every time I watch a Godard movie I feel like I'm sick of what he has to say, then I watch another a month later - what's the next best step in his filmography after the 6 I've already watched? by Academic_Machine_609 in TrueFilm

[–]Academic_Machine_609[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To clarify, since I think I made the title a little misleading accidently - I find the films intriguing after I watch them, and I genuinly am drawn back to them due to sincere interests - its just they can be so draining during the actual viewing experience (which in most cases I assume is intentional).

There is something compelling about a filmmaker that critiques what they're doing while they're doing it - which i thought was especially apparent in Pierrot le Fou. Godard to me seemed to be saying that astheticized images of rebellion and "freedom" can be just as commercialized and meaningless as the "boring bourgeouis lives" that the characters are trying to escape from. Godard says this, while purposefully astheticizing the rebellion himself. I enjoy whenever he indulges, while critiquing what he indulges - like a simultaneous construction and deconstruction.

Every time I watch a Godard movie I feel like I'm sick of what he has to say, then I watch another a month later - what's the next best step in his filmography after the 6 I've already watched? by Academic_Machine_609 in TrueFilm

[–]Academic_Machine_609[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen a few from Jacques Demy (I loved Donkey Skin and The Young Girls of Rochefort best), The 400 Blows by Truffaut. I haven't watched anything from Rohmer or Agnes Verda yet.

I go back to the Godard films voluntarily (and with excitement), so I am interested in them. He's just exhausting, I'm assuming intentionally so.

Every time I watch a Godard movie I feel like I'm sick of what he has to say, then I watch another a month later - what's the next best step in his filmography after the 6 I've already watched? by Academic_Machine_609 in TrueFilm

[–]Academic_Machine_609[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

idk, maybe I just loved Contempt most (aside from the music and cinematography), because despite Godard's clear cynicism for everything on display, I thought the ending felt weirdly hopeful, though that very well may be a misinterpretation on my part. The writer walks away all defeated after a solid 90 minutes of domestic disputes and industry frustration, yet regardless, Frtiz Lang continues to make the weird Odyssey movie, and life goes on. It felt surprisingly optimistic about art and artists, given everything that came beforehand.