Godard's Masculin féminin: 15 faits précis (1966) observes life among Parisian youth (mostly twenty somethings) in 1965, just as some things are starting to go swinging electric. More than one actual date is shown in the movie: December 5, 1965, for instance.
Shot in grainy black and white, Masculin féminin feels like a mix of documentary, journaling and comedy-drama of manners. I find it helpful as a window into the relatively near-past. "Times had changed. It was the age of James Bond and Vietnam."
Shot in grainy black and white, Masculin féminin feels like a mix of documentary, journaling and comedy-drama of manners. I find it helpful as a window into the relatively near-past. "Times had changed. It was the age of James Bond and Vietnam."
Pictured here: Saigon-born Chantal Goya as the mercurial chanteuse Madeleine Zimmer.
In Masculin féminin, we see people playing pinball, drinking coffee and wine, smoking, reading newspapers and magazines, listening to music, watching movies, talking and otherwise interacting. In one scene, two friends discuss Bob Dylan.
What are you reading?
An article on Bob Dylan.
Who's he?
He's a Vietnik, you know.
What's that?
It's an American word, a cross between "beatnik" and "Vietnam."
Who are you, Mr. Bob Dylan?
Madeleine never mentioned him? He sells 10,000 records a day!
Later, Madeleine pops in to tell friends, "I'm Number 6 in Japan with 'Pinball Champ.'" Who's ahead of her in the game? The Beatles, yé-yé singer France Gall -- and Bob Dylan.
[To be continued].
Today's Rune: Partnership.
4 comments:
Damn that Dylan! Always taking my pinball title!
Cool review. Wanna read more.
Wanna say more,but have just lost the synapse. :)
Who was that blonde Italian chick with the glasses, a contemporatyl of Goddard and a pretty good director as well. I am thinking of A Night Full of Rain.
Cheers.
Hey, thanks, y'all ~~ AD, funny. Ivan, Lina Wertmüller ~~ I will do some of hers at some point fairly soon, too, I hope. Good one!
vietnik. never heard that one. Interesting though.
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