Just wanted to put up a quick "coming soon" post, letting everyone know that "Godard Week" will be kicking off next week. I have four more films on the radar to watch and then we'll slip right into a week dedicated to one of the pioneers of the French New Wave. For the record, I'm not THAT familiar with Jean-Luc Godard. The only film of his I've ever seen is "Breathless", which I watched about a month before I started this blog and honestly, I don't remember thinking much of it. However, my tastes have drastically changed since I started my journey through THE BOOK, so I'm hoping for the best and maybe, just maybe, Godard will have some sort of impact on my TOP 20.Scheduled Godard Week films include:
-Breathless (1959)
-My Life to Live (1962)
-Contempt (1963)
-Alphaville (1965)
-Pierrot le fou (1965)
-Masculine-Feminine (1966)
-2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967)
-Week End (1967)
Next four films (tentative):
-The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
-Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
-Z (1969)
-Vidas Secas (1963)
Hope everyone reading this has/had a safe and very happy holiday!
December 25, 2011 3:27pm
Seen all of them except The Saragossa Manuscript. Been on my list forever. Will be interested to hear what you think about it.
ReplyDeleteNot wanting to discourage, but I'm afraid I really struggled to get through 'Saragossa Manuscript'..'Z' I enjoyed, 'Baby Jane' I would guess you have already seen.. if not, well it's a great film, but it's not exactly laugh a minute.. As for the Goddard collection.. well, 'Breathless' excepted, they are not in my fave list. I still await the Bergman. Never seen one of his I didn't like.. despite the Nordic gloom.
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