Dir. Jean-Luc Godard, 2011, France, 101min, HD
In many languages with “Navajo English” subtitles (says the director)
Sunday, April 15th only
Showtimes TBA on the Monday prior to opening.
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Jean-Luc Godard's WEEKEND (1967)
Friday - Sunday, April 13 - 15
New 35mm Print! Jean-Luc Godard's scathing late-‘60s satire is a surreally funny and deeply disturbing expression of social oblivion that ended the first phase of Godard's career—and, according to the credits, cinema itself.
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Legendary director Jean-Luc Godard returns to the screen with
FILM SOCIALISME, a magisterial essay on the decline of European Civilization. As a garish cruise ship (actually, the recently shipwrecked Costa Concordia) travels the Mediterranean, Godard embarks on a state of the EU address in a vibrant collage of philosophical quotes, historical revelations and pure cinematographic beauty. Per Godard’s description:
A symphony in three movements...
THINGS SUCH AS:
A Mediterranean cruise. Numerous conversations, in numerous languages, between the passengers, almost all of whom are on holiday…
OUR EUROPE:
At night, a sister and her younger brother have summoned their parents to appear before the court of their childhood. The children demand serious explanations of the themes of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.
OUR HUMANITIES:
Visits to six sites of true or false myths: Egypt, Palestine, Odessa, Hellas, Naples and Barcelona.
"More than a storyteller, always a poet, Jean-Luc Godard continues to challenge how movies function and how we look at them."
— Armond White, NY Press