Major rush trying to get into the Lumiere theater for the mid-afternoon premiere of Godard’s “Adieu au Langage” yesterday, people pushing, shoving, huffing and puffing their way inside the theater. “We’re about to go watch the new Godard film in Cannes,” I told my colleague in the rush to the theater, “it’s incredible.” In the end, it felt more like we were stuck in a space-time continuum. ... more >
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CANNES DAY 8: GODARD’S ADIEU AU LANGAGE
In competition
Godard was absent from the premiere
70 minutes long
Jean-Luc Godard nominated for Governors Award
Courting controversy
There’s some controversy following the nomination of French-swiss director Jean-Luc Godard for an honorary award at the Governors Awards scheduled for November 13. Then there’s that hullabaloo understandably stirred by the Jewish press because Godard is an anti-zionist and probably anti-Jewish, too. During a lecture in Canada in the 1970s, when talking about his family’s history Godard mentioned ... more >