tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post8310063784596224856..comments2024-03-24T20:15:00.996-04:00Comments on Critic After Dark: The Little Black Book of Movies 2Noel Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-37613794921636714782007-12-26T04:08:00.000-05:002007-12-26T04:08:00.000-05:00Sure, but Martin makes the point that--well, I hat...Sure, but Martin makes the point that--well, I hate to pre-empt his little capsule commentary, but he writes that Godard gives the impression of making whole films just to include a single sequence, and for Weekend that was the sequence. <BR/><BR/>Godard may have intended some kind of satire/solution formula, but sometimes a film has more than one current of thought going through it, and the current that created that shot that Martin and I responded to simply wanted to say: "this is life, this is how it progresses, this is how it ends." Sure the complex tracking and choreography in Tout va bien is brilliant, but this straightforward progression was, to me at least, inspired in its simplicity.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-4125517165699132522007-12-25T22:35:00.000-05:002007-12-25T22:35:00.000-05:00Well, apocalyptic visions, I don't think, suggest ...Well, apocalyptic visions, I don't think, suggest simply "we are fucked," but rather "we are fucked if our present situation--which led to this vision--remains unchanged." I think Godard's intent to present the need for change is echoed by the other scene in the film that is shown without any distraction, when he presents the case of those who chose to work/fight for change. It's an apocalyptic vision, like any other good apocalyptic visions, that opens rather than closes the possibiltiy for what could be.John Santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550723755669290621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-57624564815527107382007-12-20T16:39:00.000-05:002007-12-20T16:39:00.000-05:00Progressive? But I thought Weekend's tracking shot...Progressive? But I thought Weekend's tracking shot (and the film itself) suggested the apocalypse--nothing progressive intended.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-25879458130688590692007-12-20T11:39:00.000-05:002007-12-20T11:39:00.000-05:00Regarding Weekend, have you seen Tout va bien? God...Regarding Weekend, have you seen Tout va bien? Godard recreates the same long uninterrupted tracking shot, but in my opinion updates it by making the lateral movement itself the driving force for action rather than just a vehicle for observation. Either way both shots are great, but Tout va bien encapsulates the progressive action that Godard only proposes in Weekend.John Santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550723755669290621noreply@blogger.com