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One of my favorite movies by my God of Film: the great Jean-Luc Godard. A must see.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
01/23/23
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This is extraordinary.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/25/23
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Instead of viewing three different films in three days, I ended up watching Jean-Luc Godard's "Passion" three times. As expected, it is similar in style to his other later works, such as "Film Socialisme," "Notre Musique," and "In Praise of Love." It stars Isabelle Huppert in an almost unrecognizable, yet brilliant role. I did not even realize it was her the first time I saw the film. "Passion" made in 1982 marked Godard's reunion with cinematographer Raoul Coutard, whom he worked last in the masterpiece "Week End." The film is about a picture called (same title) "Passion" being in the process of direction on a small soundstage by Jerzey, which has no story; this is making the Italian producers apprehensive, however Jerzy says that he cannot write a story until he has lived it. I am unsure about the film's greatness; however it is an extremely satisfying work. I would put it among his second-tier works ("Contempt," "Band of Outsiders"), which are still very good films. I obviously picked up a lot more observations after viewing it three times, there are certain scenes that I completely have no clue of, and there are sequences that I can tell Godard's trying to tell something, however I cannot put my finger on it. At times it can be frustrating, but I was incredibly fascinated even with what I did not grasp. The film within has duplication of a number of masterpieces by artists such as Rembrandt, Delacroix, etc., as "living" paintings, which was a pleasure to see! There are some beautiful images in this film, accompanied by music of Mozart, Beethoven, and others, plus several strange or funny scenes also with references to labor and love. In one scene, Jerzey says that "Maybe it's not that important to understand. It's enough just to take." And, I think this is what I tried to do with Godard's "Passion."
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
02/02/23
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for the hardcore JLG fan only.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
02/14/23
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Despite all the wonderful Godardian aphorisms, formulations, philosophies and experimentality, the film is way too speculative. Personally, I don't like films about film sets.
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
02/01/23
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I use the word "interesting" a lot (way too often) in my reviews. And Passion is interesting. Godard draws some parallels between love and work, comments on the plight of workers (there are repeated allusions to the Solidarnosc movement in Poland) and makes an 8 1/2 type of self-referential film about filmmaking. However, "interesting" doesn't necessarily mean "good", and for every scene that raises your interest (and there are a few very good ones), there's another one to chase it away. It's a relentlessly messy work, and although I do respect Godard's willingness to make movies with utter disregard for his audience, it's not always too fun to be part of that audience. A lot of this shit is really irritating or really dull, even when it does make sense. Also, it's perfectly fine to make a movie without a story, but when you're constantly telling the audience there's no story you're just a pompous asshole. Raoul Coutard's photography was rather nice, though.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
01/17/23
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