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      Le Gai Savoir (Joy of Learning) (Joyful Wisdom)

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      Richard Roud Sight & Sound Le Gai Savoir will never be a popular film, but it might well turn out to be an extremely important one. Mar 18, 2020 Full Review Melissa Anderson Village Voice Profuse and dizzying with discourse, abstruse analysis, and word association, Le Gai Savoir posits that all communication is suspect, that the spoken word is "the enemy." Jul 27, 2017 Full Review Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Astoundingly sustained 92-minute fusillade-montage Feb 18, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Sort of like watching a filmed reading of a textbook on philosophy.... Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Hey, Godard: Samuel Beckett wants his ideas back. But whereas Beckett can sustain a existential point over the course of a two-hour drama by focusing on character, Godard is more concerned with getting a philosophical message across. May I suggest an essay? In a written medium the message can be properly digested, criticized, and understood, but Godard throws so much at us during this film that we end up lost in the mire of over-intellectualizing; it becomes mental masturbation, and by the end of the film, I feel like my brain has been fucked into silly putty. I try to comprehend him, but I find myself being bombarded by someone who thinks he has something to say but doesn't want me to listen. My tour of Godard films is almost over. Thank God. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member as far as i know, this film is not perceived to be an important one by godard. in reality, it is as important as breathless if you hope to understand his work, tying everything he did before it together. perhaps when criterion releases this on dvd it will be appreciated. incredibly playful, but not just within the framework of the 'story'. the editing is playful, the dialogue is playful, the non-sequitor audio is playful. continually breaks 'the fourth wall' like a bulldozer Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Does anyone make films like this anymore? Would anyone watch them? Experimental, political, theoretical. Tough-going to be sure, especially if you don't know French (given the over-lapping dialogue and text on images). Words, words, words, alluding to many things, but generally focused on knocking the scales from our eyes, though in the most indirect way imaginable. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member yikes! what a difficult film. i think that you need to remember that godard made a lot of films that werent meant to shown to the general public but to socio-political groups or film classes. this was one of them and it is extremely difficult to watch. however, it is a fascinating exercise in agit pop cinema. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member i love that godard decided to end the 60's with some crazy out there shit. this film is out there but it's content should be completely accessable to anyone capable of brushing their own teeth. Godard makes up for all the formalist indulgence with the intelectual content of his indulgence. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Jean-Luc Godard