This is possibly the most uncannily timed Criterion email of all time for me. Last night I rented the documentary "Two in the Wave" 1hr 33m which focuses on the interaction and careers of Godard and Truffaut from their early years as film buffs to the nasty ending of their friendship. About 10 or 12 minutes or so covers the 1968 Cannes debacle and their actions which caused the closing of the festival that year. It is a fascinating doc I strongly reccommend.
Very interesting! And then to have Easy Rider break out there in '69 makes a little more sense now. But to think of the movies in those two years. Midnight Cowboy, 2001: A Space Odessey, Easy Rider, and Mike Nichol's brilliant and overlooked Catch 22. And at the time they were looked like 'whats this crap?' Today we're lucky if we get a Wes Anderson, Spike Jonze, Bong Joon Ho, and P.T. Anderson movie within five years of each other.
I think that lineup has some pretty great and exciting stuff in it, myself. From what I've been able to see at least. Petulia, Kuroneko, Je t'aime je t'aime, Firemen's Ball are some favorites.
Oui je confirme. In 1968 Tavernier was still an attaché de presse and his career as director started a few years later. Chabrol was a well established 'New wave' director. Chabrol and Tavernier wear the same glasses maybe but it's hard to mix them up !
Funny how Godard boycotts the festival and the Festival never banned him. He owns their ass. It's his festival. They'll screen whatever he wants to screen.
Just one detail - the tanks in Czechoslovakia were communist ones which is connected to the Godard´s behaviour in Cannes and the stuff Polanski + Forman told him. The other point is that Godard made movie Pravda which presents Czech people as idiots that don´t understand the great idea of collectivism and ideal communism. It´s not a coincidence that members of Czech New Wave (Němec, Juráček) planned to physically kill him when he was in Prague because of his behaviour or idiotic ideas. There were actually 3 czech movies in the competition in Cannes and there are rumors that one of them might win. Thank you comrade Godard!
I´ve forgotten one issue. Pravda (1970) actually was very supportive to the soviet invasion to Czechoslovakia in August 1968. Understanding czech language you can see how manipulative this guy is and how he translates what the people actually say (his method of voiceover is actually is lowest form of propaganda). Imagine Godard being supportive to nazis in the same fashion as he liked commies - I think he would be treated differently. But if you liked maoist China you were just young and "making mistekes".
The Cannes festival is a load of pretentious bollocks anyway. Nothing but a sanctimonious display of glamour and hypocrisy. It should be cancelled every year.
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This is possibly the most uncannily timed Criterion email of all time for me. Last night I rented the documentary "Two in the Wave" 1hr 33m which focuses on the interaction and careers of Godard and Truffaut from their early years as film buffs to the nasty ending of their friendship. About 10 or 12 minutes or so covers the 1968 Cannes debacle and their actions which caused the closing of the festival that year. It is a fascinating doc I strongly reccommend.
Love this. Please keep videos like this coming!
Very interesting! And then to have Easy Rider break out there in '69 makes a little more sense now. But to think of the movies in those two years. Midnight Cowboy, 2001: A Space Odessey, Easy Rider, and Mike Nichol's brilliant and overlooked Catch 22. And at the time they were looked like 'whats this crap?' Today we're lucky if we get a Wes Anderson, Spike Jonze, Bong Joon Ho, and P.T. Anderson movie within five years of each other.
This is incredible.
I think that lineup has some pretty great and exciting stuff in it, myself. From what I've been able to see at least. Petulia, Kuroneko, Je t'aime je t'aime, Firemen's Ball are some favorites.
thetramp123 Je T’aime, Je T’aime is really good.
thank you!
BRILLIANT!
Jean Luc Godard. I just had to type his name.
Wow I had no idea about any of this!
Very interesting!
oh i wrote a paper on this last year for school.
Long live Godard
Is this connected to any specific film on filmstruck? Or is it part of a collection?
John Black They have I think 8 of the films that were supposed to be shown at Cannes that year on Filmstruck in a collected group
Anyone know what this music is?
That's Claude Chabrol at 2'50" not Bertrand Tavernier.
Oui je confirme. In 1968 Tavernier was still an attaché de presse and his career as director started a few years later. Chabrol was a well established 'New wave' director. Chabrol and Tavernier wear the same glasses maybe but it's hard to mix them up !
0:24 Ringo!!
Funny how Godard boycotts the festival and the Festival never banned him. He owns their ass. It's his festival. They'll screen whatever he wants to screen.
Just one detail - the tanks in Czechoslovakia were communist ones which is connected to the Godard´s behaviour in Cannes and the stuff Polanski + Forman told him. The other point is that Godard made movie Pravda which presents Czech people as idiots that don´t understand the great idea of collectivism and ideal communism. It´s not a coincidence that members of Czech New Wave (Němec, Juráček) planned to physically kill him when he was in Prague because of his behaviour or idiotic ideas. There were actually 3 czech movies in the competition in Cannes and there are rumors that one of them might win. Thank you comrade Godard!
Rudolf Schimera collectivism as well as Communism are both evil.
Godard is evil.
I did not expect this opinion to be written on a video like this. Great info!
I´ve forgotten one issue. Pravda (1970) actually was very supportive to the soviet invasion to Czechoslovakia in August 1968. Understanding czech language you can see how manipulative this guy is and how he translates what the people actually say (his method of voiceover is actually is lowest form of propaganda). Imagine Godard being supportive to nazis in the same fashion as he liked commies - I think he would be treated differently. But if you liked maoist China you were just young and "making mistekes".
Being able to make someone so angry that they want to murder you is impressive though
The Cannes festival is a load of pretentious bollocks anyway. Nothing but a sanctimonious display of glamour and hypocrisy. It should be cancelled every year.