i have no idea what you’re getting at with this awareness thing, i was saying that thinking godard is a phase is a phase.

and also, what does tarantino have to do with it? tarantino is a major hack who doesnt actually care about anything important, he only cares about being a giant douche-tool and making money and making sure that everybody in the god damn world knows that he is the “#1 fanboy,” or something. he seems to fail to understand that films have anything to offer other than surface value.

“so yeah.”

“but what you are saying is i’m just too dumb and ignorant to realize what godard did and you are grouping me in with “indie” kids, correct?”

no. the “indie kids” i’m referring to are the reason, it seems to me, why godard ends up turning a lot of people off at first. you pretty much explicitly stated that you don’t like godard, so how am i grouping you in with indie kids that like godard?

“and i’ve seen more than 3 of his fucking films.”
congratulations, i’m pretty sure I’ve only seen about 4.

“so pretty please, tell me why he’s better than truffaut?”
not until you tell me why truffaut is better than godard.

“did truffaut make “american trash films”?”
both truffaut & godard (and much of the early cahiers du cinema group) have actually vocalized that their primary inspiration was the american noir, or basically other ostensible forms of american trash cinema. i wasn’t saying “american trash films” as any sort of insult, I was just recognizing the historical significant vis a vis the new wave ‘group.’

“oh and btw fuck godard’s politics. what does that have to do with his work?”
from ’68 and beyond, godard’s politics had everything to do with his work, and to say otherwise is to completely ignore everything he strove for in cinema. it’s irrelevant to higgs’ liking, but there were seeds of his political growth present in the ’61-’67 films. you can choose to ignore it in terms of your own personal viewing, but considering auteur theory ostensibly grew out of the criticism & films of the french new wave (though later godard was obviously trying to escape from this) i think it’s stupid to ignore it over all.

i have no idea what you’re getting at with this awareness thing, i was saying that thinking godard is a phase is a phase.

and also, what does tarantino have to do with it? tarantino is a major hack who doesnt actually care about anything important, he only cares about being a giant douche-tool and making money and making sure that everybody in the god damn world knows that he is the “#1 fanboy,” or something. he seems to fail to understand that films have anything to offer other than surface value.

“so yeah.”

“but what you are saying is i’m just too dumb and ignorant to realize what godard did and you are grouping me in with “indie” kids, correct?”

no. the “indie kids” i’m referring to are the reason, it seems to me, why godard ends up turning a lot of people off at first. you pretty much explicitly stated that you don’t like godard, so how am i grouping you in with indie kids that like godard?

“and i’ve seen more than 3 of his fucking films.”
congratulations, i’m pretty sure I’ve only seen about 4.

“so pretty please, tell me why he’s better than truffaut?”
not until you tell me why truffaut is better than godard.

“did truffaut make “american trash films”?”
both truffaut & godard (and much of the early cahiers du cinema group) have actually vocalized that their primary inspiration was the american noir, or basically other ostensible forms of american trash cinema. i wasn’t saying “american trash films” as any sort of insult, I was just recognizing the historical significant vis a vis the new wave ‘group.’

“oh and btw fuck godard’s politics. what does that have to do with his work?”
from ’68 and beyond, godard’s politics had everything to do with his work, and to say otherwise is to completely ignore everything he strove for in cinema. it’s irrelevant to higgs’ liking, but there were seeds of his political growth present in the ’61-’67 films. you can choose to ignore it in terms of your own personal viewing, but considering auteur theory ostensibly grew out of the criticism & films of the french new wave (though later godard was obviously trying to escape from this) i think it’s stupid to ignore it over all.

We Shall All Be Healed by The Mountain Goats
Horses by Patti Smith
…Almost Killed Me by The Hold Steady
3rd/Sister Lovers by Big Star
Double Nickels on the Dime by The Minutemen
Terry Gilliam’s Brazil
Terrence Malick’s Badlands
Jem Cohen’s Benjamin Smoke
Grant Morrison’s run on Animal Man and Doom Patrol
Marvel Comics from the 60s and 70s

We Shall All Be Healed by The Mountain Goats
Horses by Patti Smith
…Almost Killed Me by The Hold Steady
3rd/Sister Lovers by Big Star
Double Nickels on the Dime by The Minutemen
Terry Gilliam’s Brazil
Terrence Malick’s Badlands
Jem Cohen’s Benjamin Smoke
Grant Morrison’s run on Animal Man and Doom Patrol
Marvel Comics from the 60s and 70s

when blake posed the question about film being an influence, i could only think of two directors in possible response: godard and douglas sirk.

thank you for answering.

when blake posed the question about film being an influence, i could only think of two directors in possible response: godard and douglas sirk.

thank you for answering.

awareness is not simply off or on. i didn’t really think it necessary to vocalize this fact.

because i’m aware of it and those that are also aware fo it are aware of it and those that aren’t aren’t so what’s the point of saying it?

even tarantino now thinks of godard as a phase.

so yeah.

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but what you are saying is i’m just too dumb and ignorant to realize what godard did and you are grouping me in with “indie” kids, correct?

see this is where you fail to realize your company.

i understand what godard is and what he did and etc.

and i’ve seen more than 3 of his fucking films.

so pretty please, tell me why he’s better than truffaut?

did truffaut make “american trash films”?

hmm. i wonder why?

oh and btw fuck godard’s politics. what does that have to do with his work?

awareness is not simply off or on. i didn’t really think it necessary to vocalize this fact.

because i’m aware of it and those that are also aware fo it are aware of it and those that aren’t aren’t so what’s the point of saying it?

even tarantino now thinks of godard as a phase.

so yeah.

?

but what you are saying is i’m just too dumb and ignorant to realize what godard did and you are grouping me in with “indie” kids, correct?

see this is where you fail to realize your company.

i understand what godard is and what he did and etc.

and i’ve seen more than 3 of his fucking films.

so pretty please, tell me why he’s better than truffaut?

did truffaut make “american trash films”?

hmm. i wonder why?

oh and btw fuck godard’s politics. what does that have to do with his work?

and then a couple months later, andre tarkovsky’s nostalghia. that is the only movie that i’ve ever watched twice in less than a day: i felt the need to watch it again (before going to sleep) when i woke up in the morning. both movies enable a liminal state of eyes-wide-open meditation.

i can’t enter either movie anymore, but i’ll never forget where i went when i was able to.

and john coltrane

and then a couple months later, andre tarkovsky’s nostalghia. that is the only movie that i’ve ever watched twice in less than a day: i felt the need to watch it again (before going to sleep) when i woke up in the morning. both movies enable a liminal state of eyes-wide-open meditation.

i can’t enter either movie anymore, but i’ll never forget where i went when i was able to.

and john coltrane