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"Weekend"
1967
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
"End of Cinema, end of world," read the titles at the
conclusion of Godard's 1967 apocalyptic film Weekend. Godard himself
described the work as both "a film found on the junk heap," and "a film lost
in the cosmos." Presenting a dark, comic vision of the end of capitalist
society, Weekend reflects the turmoil and chaos of the late sixties
better than any Hollywood film from that era. It also stands as the climax
to the first phase of Godard's filmmaking career, before he turned to the
making of more experimental Marxist films after the social upheavals of
1968. With Mirielle Darc and Jean-Pierre Leaud. French with English
subtitles. 105 minutes. |
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