The trailer is one of the best of its kind ive ever seen. Over the course of week end, as french society collapses like a warbattered country being struck not by bombs but by the corrosive, corrupting forces of capitalism, so collapses the films original narrative, which the increasingly radicalized proletariat commandeer away from the murderously moneygrubbing durands as godard turns his film into. Jeanluc godard s week end to put it in godard s own words, the only way to really talk about film is to make a film itself. Weekend is about violence, hatred, the end of ideology and the approaching cataclysm that will destroy civilization. The end of godards first period is one of the most incisive, calamitous explorations of nihilism ever attempted in cinema. The husband roland and the wife corinne each have a secret lover. The motorists rave, rant, burn, rape, murder, pillage and even descend into cannibalism all of which is treated by godard as a natural progression of events. She was the greatgranddaughter of theologian adolphe monod. As the 1960s went on jeanluc godard kept up the kind of brash, zany, experimental style with which he made his name and became a cornerstone of the french new wave, but his work increasingly showed a political consciousness sparked by the explosion of the consumer society in that decade. Further disorienting is the feeling that this film, full of movie references, is an injoke between godard and his fellow new wave auteurs. An italian poster for the french movie weekend, written and directed by jeanluc godard, 1967.
Movie title from the film week end directed by jeanluc godard, starring mireille darc, jean yanne and jeanpierre kalfon so much discourse sees jeanluc godards week end as the end of something the director started eight years earlier with breathless a collection of movie title stills from trailers of. This scathing late sixties satire from jeanluc godard is one of cinemas great anarchic works. A brandnew, unused, unopened, undamaged item including handmade items. A supposedly idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into a neverending nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism and murder as french bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer preoccupations. Godard s last traditional movie until 1980 is a cassandra against uninhibited materialism and future pol pots. Jeanluc godards scathing latesixties satire is one of cinemas great. It is also about the problem of how to make a movie about this. The creator of breathless and the little soldier presents his then upcoming attraction, the controversial project week end, a treaty on the collapse of a bourgeois society. The prevalent theory that jeanluc godard had intended weekend as the apotheosis of his career is bolstered. Weekend is a 1967 black comedy film written and directed by jeanluc godard and starring mireille darc and jean yanne, both of whom were mainstream french tv stars. Week end concluded with the statements end of story and end of cinema.
A unlucky married couple, that tries to kill each other, wants to travel to the countryside, but due to behavior of all the people with travel becomes a nightmare full. Its depth politically is, i believe, unmatched in cinema. Jean luc godard salvese quien pueda internet archive. Jeanluc godards vision of a bourgeois apocalypse, weekend savages consumer society and gleefully deconstructs narrative. Featuring a justly famous sequence in which the camera tracks along a seemingly endless traffic jam, and rich with historical and literary references, weekend is a surreally funny and disturbing call for revolution, a depiction of society reverting to savagery, and according to the creditsthe end of cinema itself.
The sea hawk errol flynn vintage movie poster print. So godard abandons any attempt to show us real war or destruction. No one on the film is credited, not the actors, writers, cinematographer or director a bit disingenuous since this is a godard film. Contact info view agent, publicist, legal on imdbpro. Known for stylistic innovations that challenged the conventions of hollywood cinema, he is universally recognized as the most audacious, radical, as well as the most influential of the nouvelle vague filmmakers.
Rent weekend 1967 starring mireille darc and jean yanne on dvd and bluray. Not your ordinary short film, this is a film trailer and probably on the site because jeanluc godard directed it. Apr 20, 2018 context being everything, i know exactly why i liked godard mon amour a year ago, when it premiered in cannes. Details about week end 1967 jeanluc godard movie poster print. Weekend is a 1967 black comedy film written and directed by jeanluc godard and starring mireille darc and jean yanne, both of whom. For a large portion of godards career, this is a simple enough exercise. Reissued after being out of print for years, jeanluc godards french classic week end is a radical vision that remains timely. The 1960s hit the buffers on week end, a delirious black comedy thats littered with cannibals, murder plots and hippie revolutionaries. At the end of the shoot, he gathered his crew together and told them they should look for other work, because he was going to stop making films for a while. Less an individual movie than the culmination of a process we might call the godardification of cinema. Godard is truly a master, but this is, like a sun ra record, art for which you might need to be prepared.
These themes are expressed in the form of an episodic road movie. The prevalent theory that jeanluc godard had intended weekend as the apotheosis of his career is bolstered by the films last two titles. Determined to collect an inheritance from a dying relative, a bourgeois couple travel across the french countryside while. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. Weekend original french trailer jeanluc godard, 1967. Featuring a justly famous sequence in which the camera tracks along a seemingly endless traffic jam, and rich with historical and literary references, weekend is a surreally funny and disturbing call for revolution, a depiction of society reverting to savagery, and according to. A supposedly idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into a neverending nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism and murder as french bourgeois society starts to collapse under. The posters of the 6th new york film festival as the 2018 nyff comes to a close. Jeanluc godard fixes his considerable ire against french society and the broader human condition in the morbidly funny weekend, an abstract road trip to damnation that. Mon amour is the great godard movie godard could never make. Weekend godard 1967 weekend at bernies ii weight of water the weird science cd1 weird science cd2 welcome back mr mcdonald 1997 welcome to mooseport welcome to collinwood 2002 welcome to sarajevo welcome to the dollhouse wes cravens new nightmare west side story cd1 west side story cd2 west wing the westler westworld 1973 whale rider whale.
A film about jeanluc godard and anne wiazemsky from the director of the artist, with teaser stills of louis garrel with his hair cropped and tufted to look like the balding mid60s jlgthis wasnt a promising prospect. Mireille darc, jean yanne and jeanpierre leaud star in the movie. Full quote someone like jeanluc godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung fu film, a fred astaire picture, or a porno. Jeanluc godard fixes his considerable ire against french society and the broader human condition in the morbidly. Find movie and film cast and crew information for weekend 1967 jeanluc godard on allmovie. Week end 1967 jeanluc godard movie poster print ebay. From what i could gather after seeing a poor yet manageable copy of this film, i saw. What makes his work interesting is that it is never cinema, but cinema about cinema. But every revolution needs its powder keg to get the party started, and jeanluc godards seminal 1967 film weekend sometimes given the more apocalyptic moniker of weekend remains a surreal rabblerouser, a verbose and ironic statement of widespread disenchantment about the need to take instantaneous, violent action. The barren void at the heart of the bourgeois west is pulled and prodded until its barriers come crashing down and the society that has lived on it for so long can literally do nothing but eat itself to death. Jan 20, 2016 jeanluc godard often creates films that focus more on the intellectual ideas and concepts behind the story than the story itself, and contempt is a perfect example, as its narrative is a visual monologue about the film industry and the way it turns its back to the artistic ambitions it used to have. Watching jeanluc godard at work archive, 27 september 1967. Watching jeanluc godard at work archive, 27 september.
Jeanluc godards week end to put it in godards own words, the only way to really talk about film is to make a film itself. Weekend by jeanluc godard jeanluc godard, mireille darc. His wealthy parents came from protestant families of francoswiss descent, and his mother was the daughter of julien monod, a founder of the banque paribas. The stillrelevant satire little murders is the best movie in town this week. Weekend 1967 jeanluc godard cast and crew allmovie. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 7. Sep 27, 2019 an italian poster for the french movie weekend, written and directed by jeanluc godard, 1967. At the end of the movie, it is not evident what the nature of the relationship between russell and glen is or will be. Godard, mon amour is the great godard movie godard could. Jeanluc godard was born on 3 december 1930 in the 7th arrondissement of paris, the son of odile nee monod and paul godard, a swiss physician. Weekend is one of the best movies ive ever seen, but its also one of the most troubling. The plot of weekend, in so far as godard will reveal. Weekend 1967 jeanluc godard synopsis, characteristics. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a.
The end of godard s first period is one of the most incisive, calamitous explorations of nihilism ever attempted in cinema. Jeanluc godard often creates films that focus more on the intellectual ideas and concepts behind the story than the story itself, and contempt is a perfect example, as its narrative is a visual monologue about the film industry and the way it turns its back to the artistic ambitions it used to have. Week end is a 1967 black comedy film written and directed by jeanluc godard and starring mireille darc and jean yanne, both of whom were mainstream french tv stars. Oct 11, 2011 original, rarelyshown french release trailer for jeanluc godard s weekend, now touring in a new 35mm print via janus films. Godard was the leading director of the french new wave. Jeanluc godard was born in paris on december 3, 1930, the second of four children in a bourgeois. I mean herzog always seemed like the type to be open minded for all kinds of films and entertainment praised the dark knight and was somewhat positive about even wrestling i think.
Over the course of week end, as french society collapses like a warbattered country being struck not by bombs but by the corrosive. Jeanluc godard born 3 december 1930 is a francoswiss filmmaker and a leading member of the french new wave. Find file copy path dezelin initial import e5d1617 jun 28, 2012. Original, rarelyshown french release trailer for jeanluc godard s weekend, now touring in a new 35mm print via janus films.
It is an engrossing emotional prelude to what might end up as a love story or what might just be an ode to a beautiful weekend encounter and a final, forever goodbye. Jeanluc godards film week end is loaded with his obsessions with outrageous characters, political and philosophical ideas, and so on, and many viewers have claimed this to be a full on political film. Weekend is a black comedy about a unfaithful married couple. Elliott gould, alan arkin, comic strips, satire, jeanluc godard, weekend, masculine. This scathing latesixties satire from jeanluc godard is one of cinemas great anarchic works. The cleveland institute of art cinematheque hosts a rare screening. Context being everything, i know exactly why i liked godard mon amour a year ago, when it premiered in cannes. Original, rarelyshown french release trailer for jeanluc godards weekend, now touring in a new 35mm print via janus films. Godards last traditional movie until 1980 is a cassandra against uninhibited materialism and future pol pots. Jeanpierre leaud, comic star of numerous french new wave films including truffauts les quatre cent coups the four hundred blows and godard s earlier masculin feminin, appeared in two roles. When corinne and roland hit the road in their flashy facel vega to kill corinnes parents secretly planning to kill the other later they run among others into an endless traffic jam and a guerilla to witness the end of civilization.
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