![]() I had been hearing more and more about this Godard fellow, and I was also starting to get into the Criterion Collection, a boutique home-movie distribution company that focuses largely on arthouse/world cinema. Mostly I think I was unimpressed - or, more accurately, I was too ignorant to really understand why what I was seeing was so groundbreaking.įast forward another eight or so years to 2012. I have only the haziest memory of specific scenes and shots. ![]() A roommate suggested we watch Breathless, Godard’s 1960 debut film that basically rewrote the rulebook when it came to moviemaking. That’s why when I woke up today to the news that Godard had died at the age of 91, I was sad but not heartbroken.Īs with most people, my first experience with Godard was in college. And unlike the relationship with my ex, this one has continued to flourish.Īll of the above is more or less true, except for two big exceptions: One, I actually watched Pierrot le fou before the break-up, and two, while my love of Criterion has held strong these past 10 years, my affection for Godard has waned. I immediately fell in love, both with the film and with Criterion. The first Criterion I watched after the break-up was Jean-Luc Godard’s 1965 doomed romance/road movie, Pierrot le fou. ![]() ![]() Not just any movies, but the Criterion Collection in particular. To distract myself from the break-up, I dove into movies. The apocryphal version of this story goes like this: It was 2012, I was heartbroken, and I suddenly found myself with a lot of spare time on my hands. ![]()
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