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Jean-Luc Godard has been called the most self-conscious, the most realistic, and the most modern of filmmakers. To his appreciators this means he owns up to the fact that a movie is a movie, that at...( read more 
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MCT:August 15, 2008Glorious,improvisatory and the impeccable Belmondo in a surreal state of adjustment.Nothing is oblivious according to the chaotic screenplay and there lies the whole charm of it.
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MCT:May 5, 2008
A lot of the same Godard themes from other movies, but still so many charming little moments. "I'm glad I don't like spinach, because if I did, then I would eat it. And I can't stand the stuff."
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MCT:April 25, 2008
Jean-Paul Belmondo is possible a better James Dean. Speaking french makes him even more of a bad ass.
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MCT:March 14, 2008PIERROT LE FOU (1965)
directed by Jean-Luc Godard
starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella GalvaniShe keeps calling him Pierrot but he says his name his Ferdinand. Maybe he isnt who she thinks he is or maybe he isnt who he hopes to be. Pierrot le fou is very much similar to Jean-Luc Godard's own À bout de souffle. Its about two lovers on the run. On the run from what ? We dont really know until later in the film. The film noir plot is secondary here as the film, like it often is with Godard, looks more like an essay, this one about love and life. Of this film Godard said: «It is not really a film, it's an attempt at cinema. Life is the subject, with [Cinema]Scope and color as its attributes... In short, life filling the screen as a tap fills bathtub that is simultaneously emptying at the same rate.» That is very much the filling we get watching the film.Again Godard likes to experiment with the way he edits his film. He puts in music to stop it abruptly sometimes without warning. At one point Jean-Paul Belmondo says something and Anna Karina asks him what he is talking about, he says he is doing that for the viewers. Later, when she has to answer a question, Anna Karina looks in the lense, she looks at us, as if we were witnessing her lie to come.
Belmondo is great, very natural, mimicking the old film noir actors, using the same kinda voice we use when we are kids playing games. He is close to being a parody but he controls his performance and it stays only satirical. Anna Karina, a young Danish girl at the time, very pretty is absolutely amazing. Very natural in the way she acts.
Jean-Luc Godard is probably the most influencial director of the French New Wave. Here is one shot of the film.
Flixster - Share MoviesAnna Karina's look obvisouly inspired Quentin Tarantino for the Mia Wallace character played by Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction. Thats no secret, Tarantino was higly influenced by Godard anyways.Pierrot le fou is not Godard's best, not even close cause its a bit too similar to À bout souffle and it doesnt feel as fresh. Its defiantely an interesting film though, with good moments, some fun humor bits and great dialogues. Not bad.
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MCT:March 3, 2008
One of the best Goddards. In his dirtier phase. You really fall in love with these silly ass characters, and it's Goddard.
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MCT:February 25, 2008
I had been waiting years to finally see this on dvd and not on a crumby full-frame vhs transfer. Thank you criterion collection! This has got to be one of the most entertaining films of Jean Luc Godard's career......I've gotta say, it's mind boggling how many filmmakers rip-off Godard, this becomes more apparent to me the more films I see by him. Most of his innovations have sadly become modern day gimmicks that make 'quirky' indie movies seem creative and original. There is a glaring difference between true independence and phonie independence. Let's not forget the new audience favorite , "studio indies"!! Jason Reitman's "Thank You For Smoking" anyone?
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MCT:September 1, 2007
More bizarre and eclectic filmmaking from the one and only Godard. The two brillaint main lead stars help carry the viewer along this twisted tale.
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MCT:August 17, 2007
Why the heck is this my favorite Godard film? My choosing it for my favorites list probably makes as much sense as the movie itself!
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MCT:July 27, 2007
Ce film est purement magique! Une grande ode à la vie et au cinéma tout en étant d'une beauté esthétique inégalé, les couleurs sont à coupé le souffle.
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MCT:July 22, 2007
As always with Godard there are passages of tedium but 'Pierrot' is possibly his most humorous film. Belmondo and Karina doing 'ma line du chance' is just beautiful and Karina is again... beyond words.
The scene with the mad guy towards the end going on about the song in his head is also priceless - what i find interesting is that the frivolous stuff here endures far more than the continual Vietnam references.
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MCT:June 26, 2007
My new favorite Godard film. I'm still amazed; maybe I'll give a proper comment next time I watch it.
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MCT:March 15, 2007
The summation of Godard's 1960's work and my favourite of his. Anna Karina is a cinematic Goddess, and Sam Fuller pops up to play himself. Wild!
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MCT:March 11, 2007
Very refined and stylish story brought as excellently as one Godard fan could expect, with Belmondo and Karina as great as always. Very fine film.
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MCT:December 10, 2006Waste of TIME!! Very Weak movie, DO NOT WATCH, if you do end up watching it, side effects may include: Suicide, murder ramapages, road ramapage, any kinds of ways of harming yourself, and many others...
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