Film Socialisme (Jean-Luc Godard, 2010)

[Phil]

Nice to see a clip from Antonioni's Michaelangelo Eye To Eye in there; quite fitting.

[evillights]

Yep, upon further review it does appear to be backwards. If you download the video from youtube (using whatever means necessary! ) you can step through a frame at a time and have a look at the end credits and glean some additional info on the music used, the cameras, the film clips (including Weekend!), and so on.

Not sure how this would be playing backward. Unless Godard took every scene, playing forward, and then sequenced them all for the sake of the trailer in reverse position?

In any case, it looks like the citations appear at the beginning, and it ends with a faux-"FBI Warning" ["Quand la loi n'est pas juste la justice passe avant la loi" / "When the law isn't just, justice passes by before the law" + "No Comment"] (after a coda sequence). There are other Godard films (DÉTECTIVE comes to mind) where the citations are given at the opening. And no-one is walking 'backwards'. Bodies and motions and events are all moving forward; no-one moves backwards.

Other works cited besides LO SGUARDO DI MICHELANGELO include both LES PLAGES D'AGNÈS and LES MILLES ET UNE NUITS [DE SIMON CINÉMA].

ck.

[domino harvey]

And Kiss Me Stupid!

[Noiretirc]

I agree with Domino on this one, but then I've not liked any of Godard's work from 1990 and on. Notre Musique, ouch.

Oh dear. I think Notre Musique is one of the most beautiful things I ever experienced. But that's for another thread.

[accatone]

Vega Film has updated their website with interesting new details: http://www.vegadistribution.ch/vega-dis ... /synopsis/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

edit: i also found this http://www.cinemovies.fr/news_fiche.php ... actu=10591" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Arn777]

Socialisme will be available on May 17th-18th on this VOD site http://www.filmotv.fr/rub/98/evenement.html. I guess not available outside of France though

[Oedipax]

Stay tuned, rumor has it the film will be available for streaming online for a few weeks/months after the Cannes screening. If true then I imagine the filmotv.fr site is just one avenue for seeing it.

I somewhat doubt English subs will accompany said stream in any event, though

[evillights]

Just checked back in on this thread... Might do for a minor maintenance request: the title of the film is officially 'Film Socialisme', and it's not by multiple directors — only JLG. Conflated names/duties on the title-cards of his films have been a recurring Godard staple since the early '60s.

[evillights]

First installment (of ten) of two-hour interview (in French) with JLG re: Film Socialisme and more, filmed at his home on 27 April 2010 — one new installment being posted per day at Mediapart.fr until 19 May 2010.

http://cinemasparagus.blogspot.com/2010 ... odard.html

[accatone]

You can download an interesting pressbook incl. interview (blogs et sms?) on the VEGA FILM page. Have fun translating...

[cantinflas]

You can download an interesting pressbook incl. interview (blogs et sms?) on the VEGA FILM page. Have fun translating...

No need to translate -- you can get it in English here.

[Noiretirc]

Thanks. I have such a good feeling about this film. And I can't wait to find out whodunnit.

Seriously though, the 2hr interview must be translated to English somewhere, right? (Cantinflas?)

Godard looks good and healthy at 80.

[Oedipax]

Seems JLG is selling off most of his SONIMAGE studio & gear, from a post on the Godard list serv today:

A "sad" news in the Telerama's one : JLG is "throwing away" (selling ?) everything in Rolle : he's stopping SONIMAGE ! He's closing his famous "studio" in rolle with the famous shelves full of VHS and Dvds, and books. He's explaining (to Cohn Bendit) that he does not want to let some heritage...

The Telerama interview appears to be audio only, or I just couldn't find my way around the site properly.

Godard looks good and healthy at 80.

I had the same thought. He looked a bit grizzled in that Rohmer tribute, but I think it was just the webcam lighting.

[evillights]

http://cinemasparagus.blogspot.com/2010 ... rview.html

[Noiretirc]

To be clear, there are 2 interviews, right? ie The pressbook one (staged!), and the 10-parter from his home, Apr 27th. I'd kill for English subs on the latter.

[cantinflas]

To be clear, there are 2 interviews, right? ie The pressbook one (staged!), and the 10-parter from his home, Apr 27th. I'd kill for English subs on the latter.

There's the Cannes pressbook one, the 10 part video and also this one with Cohn-Bendit.

evillights has said on his blog that he is in the process of translating the Cohn-Bendit plus there may be more to come in terms of an English translation for the 10 part video interview.

[Noiretirc]

Thanks to all.

[Oedipax]

From The Independent:

The legendary French film director Jean-Luc Godard, whose latest work, Film Socialisme, is showing at Cannes this week, has decided to run its subtitles in "Navajo English" as in old Westerns where the Native Americans spoke in choppy phrases. Because the drama takes place on a cruise ship where no one speaks the same language, Godard has fashioned his subtitles concisely to say the least. If a character is saying "give me your watch", the subtitle will read "You, me, watch."

[Noiretirc]

That is The Most Godardian Move Evar! At 80 he is obviously still as sharp as a razor, still infuriating, hahahaha....

[domino harvey]

From The Independent:

The legendary French film director Jean-Luc Godard, whose latest work, Film Socialisme, is showing at Cannes this week, has decided to run its subtitles in "Navajo English" as in old Westerns where the Native Americans spoke in choppy phrases. Because the drama takes place on a cruise ship where no one speaks the same language, Godard has fashioned his subtitles concisely to say the least. If a character is saying "give me your watch", the subtitle will read "You, me, watch."

Hahaha, Godard's still got it

[evillights]

Godard and Cohn-Bendit — now in English:

http://cinemasparagus.blogspot.com/2010 ... -cohn.html

[accatone]

«Suite à des problèmes de type grec, je ne pourrai être votre obligé à Cannes. Avec le festival, j’irai jusqu’à la mort, mais je ne ferai pas un pas de plus. Amicalement. Jean-Luc Godard.»

Le tout accompagné d’un portrait du réalisateur japonais Ozu. Rideau.

http://www.liberation.fr/culture/010163 ... -defection" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Diotima1]

Avec le festival, j’irai jusqu’à la mort, mais je ne ferai pas un pas de plus.

It's the allusion to Bergamin's statement cited by Godard more than once in his films. In the original text there is "communism" instead of "festival".

Has anybody seen the film at filmotv.fr already?

[tavernier]

Manohla's first impression

[tout va bien]

maybe a repeated question but, online streaming is only available in france? (yet... )