Pierrot le Fou
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The Sounds of Revolution: Godard’s ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ and ‘British Sounds’
There was something in the air when Jean-Luc Godard took up the political banner of the late 1960s and shifted his filmmaking focus in terms of storytelling style and stories told, and in a general sense of formal reevaluation and reinvention. More
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‘Boy Meets Girl’
Leos Carax followed his short film Strangulation Blues (1980) with the tragic Boy Meets Girl in 1984. Starring Denis Lavant and Mireille Perrier, Carax’s first feature announced a new and exciting presence in both French and World cinema. Boy Meets Girl premiered in May 1984 at the Cannes Film Festival in the Independent Critics Week section, […] More
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TIFF Cinematheque presents a Summer in France: ‘The Mother and the Whore’ is uncompromising in recreating the frustrating banality of life
The Mother and the Whore Directed by Jean Eustache Written by Jean Eustache Meet Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Léaud); Alexandre loves to smoke, drinks nothing if it isn’t spiked with alcohol, and spends much of his waking existence reading newspapers and ogling women; doing all the aforementioned while languidly sitting in Parisian cafés. He is chauvinistic, self-absorbed, […] More
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TIFF Cinematheque presents a Summer in France: There’s much ado about ‘Pierrot le Fou’
Pierrot le Fou Directed by Jean-Luc-Godard France, 1965 A man who dares waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. A man who wastes an hour and fifty minutes is Jean-Luc Godard. Godard himself once said that his Pierrot le Fou “is not really a film, it’s an attempt at cinema. […] More
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Mid-year in Paris: TIFF Cinematheque presents ‘Summer in France’
Starting July 13th and running through September 2nd, prepare yourself to be transported to a summer vacation in France. All you have to do is check in at TIFF Cinematheque (350 King Street West, Toronto). The 41-film sabbatical will make take you to popular and renowned destinations that include Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot le Fou (1965), […] More