Pierrot Le Fou

Pros: primary colors, decorative Ana Karina
Cons: plot, characterization, pacing, less than half-baked ideas strewn about

For me "Pierrot le fou" (1965) is the second-most-boring movie directed by Jean-Luc Godard (born in 1930) before he discovered politics and started making dull diatribes. (The 1963 "Les Carabiniers" is even duller). My favorite Godard film (Alphaville) ...

Pros: Magnificent performances by Belmondo and Karina; dazzling cognitive and sensory delights; highly innovative
Cons: No real emotional depth; cognitive and cinematic games without profundity

Feelings slipped between our merry mingled bodies and words of love rose to our naked lips. . . . . Marianne's first song from Pierrot le Fou If every film were stylistically similar to Pierrot le Fou, I would have long since lost ...

Pros: Great acting, direction, script, cinematography, concepts
Cons: Absolutely none, best film ever

‘”Even the destruction of genre must be carried out along genre lines in order to be read successfully.” Discuss.’ Exactly the kind of question that deters people from ever going to university, frankly. But really, it’s a question we can all answer. ...

Pros: "Pierrot Le Fou" is the kind of film that will change your life.
Cons: There are no cons.

I stumbled upon "Pierrot Le Fou" in a laser disc edition quite a few years ago (probably ten). I had read much about the famous "French New Wave" director Jean-Luc Godard, but the only film of his that I had ever seen was "Sympathy For the Devil", which...

Pros: Godard, Belmondo, Karina, story.
Cons: None.

Godard reunites Belmondo and Karina in this "couple on the run" story with a twist. What's the twist? It's the Godard twist, with great voice overs, amazing music and often weird situations. The acting is of course perfect and so is the...