Audrey Klebaner, Bruno Putzulu, Cecile Camp
The closing film of the 39th Annual New York Film Festival won Jean-Luc Godard praise for a sporadic work that uses both 35mm black-and-white film and color digital equipment. Filmmaker Edgar (Bruno P...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 22, 2003
Stats: 69 reviews
The usage of challenging montage and hews aren't an important advantage of this Godard flick.Le dialogue probablement to semi-quote another movie.Naturally,incorporating novels/poetry in the midst of affection and ashes of past loves brings new reactions from both critics and inv...( read more)
Godard is still breaking new ground with contemporary cinema. I admire his efforts but found this film a little bit uninteresting. I'm dying to see some of his other later works though.
A stunning fil no doubt and one where it was very difficult for me to watch, even more so than Nouvelle Vague. The structure and dialogue work by being reminisces, memory, lost thought, recovered thoughts. A strange film no doubt and one utterly unique.
'Every thought should rec...( read more)
It was pretty as hell but I had to turn the sound down because all the wanky talking was pissing me off.
Apparently, the underwear chick is on all the promotional material for a reason.
In Praise of Love sifts the rubble of emotions whose fires have long been banked. full review
What strange confusion besets Jean-Luc Godard? He stumbles through the wreckage of this film like a baffled Lear, seeking to exercise power that is no longer his. full review
For all its bile and incoherence, In Praise of Love is filled with haunting images and insights. Godard may be a lion in winter, but the lion still roars. full review
For all its technical virtuosity, the film is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it's enough to make one pine for the day when Godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking. full review
The beautiful images and solemn words cannot disguise the slack complacency of [Godard's] vision, any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousn... full review
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