Goddard v Truffaut

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Re: Goddard v Truffaut

Postby naughty boy » 24 Nov 2015, 14:42

The Godard.
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Re: Goddard v Truffaut

Postby The Modernist » 24 Nov 2015, 18:40

Get both, but Godard has always excited me more. He's just more cinematic, even if his iconoclasm can be terribly self-indulgent.

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Re: Goddard v Truffaut

Postby Quaco » 24 Nov 2015, 20:59

Lennon or McCartney. I'd say the Godard too, because the messages are clear and thought-provoking. I get about a hundred ideas any time I see one of his films. Both have great films though, plus I admit I don't know all the movies in either box.
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Re: Goddard v Truffaut

Postby Dr Markus » 25 Nov 2015, 00:43

Fuck em, get a scorese box set instead. You'll get a bit of both as well.
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Re: Goddard v Truffaut

Postby Jimbo » 25 Nov 2015, 10:04

The Modernist wrote: his iconoclasm can be terribly self-indulgent.


Indubitably.
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Re: Goddard v Truffaut

Postby Matt Wilson » 25 Nov 2015, 16:49

Love 'em both, of course - but Godard's truly classic period only lasted from '60 - '65 or so (opinions vary, natch), after which he crawled up his own anal canal and has never been seen since. I'm not necessarily commenting on the boxes (I never even looked at your links), just telling you my general view on the directors. Truffaut was still making great movies after that.

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Re: Goddard v Truffaut

Postby Rayge » 25 Nov 2015, 17:30

Truffaut was OK.
Never saw a Godard movie I didn't walk out on. Bereft of wit and humanity, sterile claptrap.
At least, that's what I thought in the 1960s, when I saw them. Weekend I remember as a real piece of shit.
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Re: Goddard v Truffaut

Postby Cosmic Thang » 25 Nov 2015, 18:02

Matt Wilson wrote:Godard crawled up his own anal canal


That can be said of so many artistes, some of whose journeys are worth following.

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Re: Goddard v Truffaut

Postby Matt Wilson » 25 Nov 2015, 21:48

I'd rather watch a Truffaut film from the '70s than a Godard one. I won't follow his anal journey though, but you're welcome to.


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