Two or Three Things I Know About Her (Deux ou Trois Choses que Je Sais d'Elle) directed by Jean-Luc Godard. France. 1966.
Cinema, Goldsmiths 6pm
Nigel Watson started his pretty stupid review with a comment on the great coffee scene, a scene which could be the greatest cinematic coffee of all time.
"As the Time Out Film Guide, Eighth Edition 2000 puts it: 'Despite some time-bound concerns and irritating concepts, the sheer energy of Godard's dazzling sociological fable is enough to commend it.' Here I will look at some of these irritating concepts. A voice-over stating that language limits and constrains our view of the world accompanies a close-up of swirling coffee in a cup.... "
So come make up your own mind. The Godard 'season' continues with this film on Tuesday October 31 in the Goldsmiths Cinema at 6pm - and then in the weeks to come we might get to mock other great Watson miosconstruals. For example, when we get to Alphaville our Nige will tell us: "In Alphaville he [Godard] has a soul-less and inhumane computer ruling the city with rational and unwavering logic; those people who express love or poetic feelings are killed or brainwashed"... you kind of got the point, but missed it at the same time Nige. We will just have to decide for ourselves on the day...
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