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Godard’s 1980 masterpiece “Every Man For Himself” in new 35mm print at Film Forum
November 16th, 2010 by gothamfilm received 1 Comment »
A new 35-millimeter print of “Every Man for Himself” begins a two-week run at Film Forum Friday and once more it is the film of the moment, if now for different reasons. (Manohla Dargis, The New York Times)
A new Godard print at the Film Forum is usually reason for the film buffs of New York to get excited, and we have a particularly special one there this week. “Every Man For Himself” is Godard’s return to cinema after joining a Mao-ist filmmaking collective and then doing video work throughout the 70s. Godard described this as his “second first film.” It’s more approachable than a lot of his more recent work, notably “Film Socialisme” that played at Cannes and the NYFF this year. If you’ve never seen any of his work, start with renting Breathless (on Netflix instant), but if you’re a fan, don’t miss this fresh, and innovative return to form.
Playing through Thursday Nov. 25th at Film Fourm, 209 W Houston St, in the West Village @ 1:00, 2:50, 4:40, 6:30, 8:20, & 10:10.
Buy tickets and read more here.
BRISTLES WITH ENERGY! Profanity, perversity, humiliation, frustration and violence erupt in luminous tableaux, painterly landscapes, and crisp Swiss city views that glow with the textual finesse of sunlight and available light and sing the artistic inspirations and psychic freedoms of modern Europe. (Richard Brody, The New Yorker)
No Godard film since Pierrot le fou has excited me as much… His zest for cinema is undiminished…He has captured the subtle reality of what it is to be a thinking, feeling being in these ridiculously convulsive times. The total effect is intoxicating… Godard makes his ‘instant replays’ seem as apt and prophetic for the 80s as his jump-cuts proved to be in Breathless for the 60s. (Andrew Sarris)
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[...] Did you know that Woody Allen, Molly Ringwald, and Norman Mailer are all in a 1987 adaptation of King Lear by French new wave master Jean-Luc Godard? Critical reactions over the years have been mixed, but it’s probably one of the most interesting adaptations of Shakespeare you’ll see on film. It’s screening at Lincoln Center this Sunday, introduced by New Yorker critic/Godard biographer Richard Brody. It’s part of the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Cannon Films series, celebrating influential 1980′s production company. For a bit more classic of a Godard choice, check out Every Man for Himself, currently at Film Forum. [...]