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Pierrot le Fou(Movie), Breathless(Movie), Vivre Sa Vie(Movie), Jules and Jim(Movie), Masculin Féminin(Movie), A Woman Is a Woman(Movie), Alphaville(Movie), Band of Outsiders(Movie), Le Petit Soldat(Movie), Belle de Jour(Movie), Weekend(Movie), L'Avventura(Movie)
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[55] just as entrancing and layered as godard's other works, contempt focuses on the american hollywood industry and the crumbling of an italian relationship. unlike the director's previous films, contempt takes a much different approach in framing and tone. whereas films like masculin feminin and weekend rely on cold delivery and thematic slaps to the face, godard fully embraces the cinematic, hollywood nature of the film, with slow camera movement, breathtaking shots, and an accompanying grandiose score. the film aims to observe the film industry and juxtapose it against the fall of... read
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it is basically a marriage that was on the edge of collapse finally breaking and it isn't that interesting to watch. it is clear that godard thinks there is something deep here, but i can't figure out what it is. i'm not really invested in the characters, so i don't care when their marriage collapses. if the entire film was just fritz lang discussing the odyssey that would be more interesting to me. they were trying to do some ambitious stuff with the camera and some of it worked and some didn't. the musical score was atrocious. it seemed to be two themes that they flipped a coin to decide... read
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