Le Mepris - Jean Luc Godard

The opening of Le Mepris - first 5 minutes.

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Film & Animation

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• Brigitte
• Bardot
• jean
• luc
• godard
• new
• wave
• cinema
• le
• mepris
• bridget
• bardot
• contempt
• Nouvelle
• Vague
• francais

[notahope]

still, godard would need to be in that timeline somewhere... the french new wave directors are surely just as important as the italian neorealists and other movements. it's not about individual directors, it's about movements. tarantino shouldn't be in the list. he just emulates and amplifies mainstream cinema, very little of his films is truly original. thumbs up for godard, and every nation's film output!

[icsprks]

Either way you look at the time line, movements or individuals QT is still, probably, the most important movie maker of the time. along with Roberto Rodriguez, Lawrence Bender, Steve Buscemi and many others of his "movement" - changed the way people perceive movies in a way only de palma, scorsese and copola did a generation earlier (in the US). but whatever.. to each his own.

and yeah thumbs up for great films!

[whynot77777777]

@icsprks

Not to be rude, and this may also be a bit too late of a response, but what? Fellini, Bergman, Godard, Kurosawa? Tarantino will never, I repeat, never, be classified on that level. Americans film to make money, Europeans and Asians (even South Americans) promote an art.

[icsprks]

@whynot77777777 you are talking in generalizations and thats not really intelligent. it is true that hollywood is more of an industry with money making in mind but there is a huge independent cinema and film makers in the USA that are making movies and film for the love of art and not for the love of money, just because you are not familiar with them doesnt mean they do not exist. plus, read film history and you will find out how many american film makers made cinema with a pure heart and mind.

[whynot77777777]

@icsprks

American cinema glorifies the money making aspect. Do not be so naive as to say it is not true. When do you hear about independent films on television or on the news? I have been to many different countries and I can say that art for the sake of art is promoted in Europe/Asia/South America more.

PS: Calling someone out on intelligence when the probability that they are more literate (see your grammar above) and go to a pretty good university is rather ignorant. Logical fallacy :)

[icsprks]

@whynot77777777 okay whatever you are correct american cinema is trash. now go and get a job or something.

[otherfool]

Best. Opening. Ever.

[llickthestars]

I love you totally, tenderly, tragically

[TheMercredid]

Je t'aime totalement, tendrement, tragiquement.

[Fyyar1]

@munnytome ever watched movies by eric rohmer, they basically apear to have a similar style of telling stories, even though rohmers films have a different aesthetic . but see if like his "circle des 4 saisons" . cheers

[electrictroy2010]

@icsprks An "ass" is a donkey. The proper word is "arse" if you are translating the French word for butt

.

[bennyfromthe72]

@whynot77777777 Sorry but you're talking about just one aspect of american cinema, Hollywood, and that's a very stupid shortcut.

[Sakirben]

@whynot77777777 you are absolutely right.

on that level europeans are superior.

[seisdecorazones]

@icsprks Tarantino is very creative and interesting but still his films are collages influenced by the 2.0 era. Nouvelle vague and neorrealists, expresionists, etc were truly revolutions in cinematographic language.

[JimmyCaravan]

Thank you Ali Ikram...

[whynot77777777]

@whynot77777777

And thank you providing a good laugh for my film class. They all definitely agreed Tarantino is the greatest (heavy sarcasm). Ciao mate.