127 Hours
Synopsis
Screens as part of the 2011 New Orleans French Film Festival at the Prytania Theatre:
Wednesday, July 13, at 5:30 p.m.
A major event, the first feature in six years by the still-an-enfant-terrible-after-all-these-years Jean-Luc Godard, director of the seminal New Wave film A bout de souffle (Breathless) and the prophetic work, Weekend. In this late and latest work by the master, M. Godard journeys across the Mediterranean and beyond, offering nothing less than a state of the European Union address. Set aboard a cruise ship, at a gas station and all across the continent, the film layers quotes, conversations, animals, YouTube and Patti Smith into a collage that’s provocative, beguiling and pure Godard. As per usual with late period Godard, Film socialisme is chock full of startlingly beautiful images counterposed to a Godardian knot of Deep Think pensees. In an age where even our finest auteurs grovel before an audience of eternal post-adolescents, M. Godard defiantly—and brilliantly— offers no sop.
