Absolutely the most important post-war filmmaker. Love pretty much all the 60s work, but really only know a handful of the others. Will definitely have to dig in w/ what's on the Criterion Channel.

As much as I love Truffaut's first three films, there's really no way you can compare the impact and stature Godard had in comparison. I mean, Godard totally comes off like a complete prick in those early 70s letters when they had their last falling out, but he was the greater artist.

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 3:13 pm Regardless of taste, I can't imagine anyone viewing him as anything less than a titan.

I don’t think anyone who even half-seriously enjoys movies, could brush off JLG. If there was one person trying to continuously take the artform forward, it would be him.

Ken Starr, all around garbage person, eat a bag of dicks in hell!

tallchris wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 4:09 pm Ken Starr, all around garbage person, eat a bag of dicks in hell!

I don't celebrate death, but there are some I won't mourn. Dude went from persecuting ML to overseeing a "Christian" university scandal where they tried to cover up rape and murder in the name of athletics. And he continued to find work after both atrocities. He was a total fuck.

Frankie99 wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 4:33 pm

tallchris wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 4:09 pm Ken Starr, all around garbage person, eat a bag of dicks in hell!

I don't celebrate death, but there are some I won't mourn. Dude went from persecuting ML to overseeing a "Christian" university scandal where they tried to cover up rape and murder in the name of athletics. And he continued to find work after both atrocities. He was a total fuck.

And defended Jeffery Epstein!

Yeah, see, there's so much awful about him I can't keep it all straight.

Frankie99 wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 4:39 pm Yeah, see, there's so much awful about him I can't keep it all straight.

And was part of Trump's legal team during his first impeachment.

Rest In Piss, Ken.

Back to JLG - did he really basically invent the 'jump cut' in Breathless?

The films I've seen by him are a mixed bag, but almost all are memorable in some way.

zircona1 wrote: Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:34 am Back to JLG - did he really basically invent the 'jump cut' in Breathless?

The films I've seen by him are a mixed bag, but almost all are memorable in some way.

I think so., but he did a lot of stuff that never got popular and it's all pretty great. I like the way he plays with diagetic and non-diagetic sound, Something almost nobody dares do. It's one thing to jump cut a shot of a conversation, but Jump cut a Mozart symphony? Pretty daring.

for instance...this is a pretty nutty trailer to begin with, but just to focus on something small, then he lists his cast by last name only, and lists Women and Men. It's all very playful and unbound, but every one of his films has something "new" but still dead simple.