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Tag: Jean-Luc Godard

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BAND OF OUTSIDERS (BANDE À PART)

June 20, 2016July 17, 2021 Michael J. Casey

French critic cum filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard famously said that all you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun, but he could have done it with less. As an artist, Godard vacillated back and forth between incendiary … Continue reading BAND OF OUTSIDERS (BANDE À PART)

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TCM Classic Film Festival — 2016

April 24, 2016July 29, 2021 Michael J. Casey

There is no greater film festival for classic movie lovers than the TCM Classic Film Fest in Hollywood, California. Every spring, throngs of moviegoers descend on the honorary capital of moviemaking for a feverish, bleary-eyed three-day celebration of the moving … Continue reading TCM Classic Film Festival — 2016

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE / ADIEU AU LANGAGE

February 26, 2015March 28, 2023 Michael J. Casey

In 1960, Jean-Luc Godard revolutionized cinema. Breathless wasn’t just a break from the old ways of filmmaking, it was as if cinema had cracked off and begun again. Seven years later, Godard concluded Weekend with the title card, “Fin… de cinema.” It was … Continue reading GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE / ADIEU AU LANGAGE

In Their Words

Born On This Day — December 3, 1930

December 3, 2014October 17, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I don’t think you should FEEL about a movie. You should feel about a woman. You can’t kiss a movie. There is no point in having sharp images when you’ve fuzzy ideas. Tracking shots are a question of morality. You … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 3, 1930

In Their Words

Born On This Day — December 3

December 3, 2013December 6, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The only great problem of cinema seems to be more and more, with each film, when and why to start a shot and when and why to end it. I make film to make time pass. —Jean-Luc Godard Continue reading Born On This Day — December 3

In Their Words

In Their Words — Friday, August 9, 2013

August 9, 2013December 9, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Actually making films has taught us a lot:It is as much trouble to make a bad films as a good one.Our most sincere film can seem phony.The films we do with our left hands may become worldwide hits.A perfectly ordinary … Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, August 9, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Wednesday, August 7, 2013

August 7, 2013December 9, 2021 Michael J. Casey

If it were all in the script, why make the film? —Nicholas Ray Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, August 7, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Monday, July 29, 2013

July 29, 2013December 9, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world. —Jean-Luc Godard Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, July 29, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Monday, July 15, 2013

July 15, 2013December 9, 2021 Michael J. Casey

People in life quote as they please, so we have the right to quote as we please. Therefore, I show people quoting, merely making sure that they quote what pleases me. —Jean-Luc Godard Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, July 15, 2013

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