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The New World 1963
“The New World” was Jean-Luc Godard’s contribution to the anthology film “Ro.Go.Pa.G.”. It’s a dystopian Sci-fi scenario taking place in Paris, depicting the aftermath of a nuclear explosion above the city. However, nobody seems to have been harmed by the explosion, nor was the city destroyed. Everything still seems the same on the outside. Unchanged. The film’s protagonist (Jean-Marc Bory) was asleep while the explosion occurred and is now noticing changes in his environment. In the way people talk and…
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Murder Mystery 2019
Although the first plans for “Murder Mystery” were already made in 2012 (supposed to star Charlize Theron, who then only functioned as executive producer for this), this was clearly made by Netflix to capitalize on the success of Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out”, also produced by Netflix. As the title already suggests it, it’s a murder mystery with action-comedy elements, focussing on a social gathering of various people from different backgrounds and nationalities amidst an exotic, luxurious locality. As in so…
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Dune: Part Two 2024
With “Dune: Part Two”, Denis Villeneuve finishes his film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s monumental sci-fi epos “Dune”. While it fortunately improves on its strengths, it also carries onwards the flaws from its predecessor. It glosses over and rushes through various story beats and plot points. In its vast pool of themes, Villeneuve has to prioritize, but even the themes he chooses to prioritize on feel underdeveloped, and the same goes for the characters and their relationships, which feel underwritten and…
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The Power of Speech 1988
In 1988, Godard received a commission from French telecommunications company Francé Telecom to make an image film for them. He followed their bidding, but to quite unexpected results. Not knowing what to begin with the proposed finished product, they rejected it, and ever since it has fallen into obscurity, like many of his video works from that period. Nevertheless, it is one of Godard's crowning achievements in the art of video, successfully managing to elevate it into spheres that are…
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