Bernard Verley

  • Guy Gilles – Au pan coupé aka Wall Engravings (1968)

    1961-1970DramaFranceGuy Gilles
    Au pan coupé (1968)
    Au pan coupé (1968)

    mk2 (a bit revised) wrote:
    Jeanne and Jean, a sensitive young man, have one last rendez-vous at the “Pan Coupé”, the little café where they always meet. A few weeks later Jean flees, disappears… Jeanne confides in her friend Pierre and his father. They all begin an investigation of their own into the young man’s disappearance. Disillusionment, poetry and dark romanticism combine to create a compelling film in urgent need of rediscovery.Read More »

  • Jean-Luc Godard – Hélas pour moi aka Oh Woe Is Me [+commentary] (1993)

    1991-2000DramaFranceJean-Luc Godard

    Quote:
    Simon and Rachel love each other simply, without ‘stories’, until a first argument. The breach then opens for God to take on the appearance of Simon in order to visit or tempt Rachel. She, however, seems able to make the difference between a god, a husband and a lover, even in the same person… and some later on have noticed something too.Read More »

  • Jean-Luc Godard – Hélas pour moi AKA Oh, Woe Is Me (1993) (HD)

    1991-2000ArthouseFranceJean-Luc GodardPhilosophy



    By 1993, cinema had become a language unto itself; it was a language that was made up of not only words, but also sounds and images. As cinema history continues, the language has expanded time after time due to the talents and experiments of master filmmakers such as Jean-Luc Godard. All throughout his vast, decade spanning career, Godard has made film upon film, and with each decade of Godard that passes by, the more radical his style becomes. If ever there was a filmmaker that I could say took the cinematic language to Joycean heights, that filmmaker is, without question, Godard. With “Oh, Woe Is Me”, Godard practically makes the cinematic equivalent of James Joyce’s “Finnegans Wake” by crafting a masterpiece that works as a perplexing jigsaw puzzle, one injected with all kinds of clever jokes as well as sections of poetic beauty. (From IMDb)Read More »

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