The Films of Jean-luc Godard, Ranked

“Godard is the bastard son of Fritz Lang and Roberto Rossellini… Contempt is literally an adaptation, a steal of Voyage to Italy. What links Fritz Lang and Rossellini? What links them in the spirit of Godard? Fritz Lang has one phrase that is essential, a phrase that Godard latched onto. The phrase is: A film of fiction achieves the highest power of fiction only if it morphs into a documentary.” – Jean-Pierre Gorin

“Après tout, je suis idiot. Merde! Merde!”

Godard no longer has his heart in his mouth. I wonder what it must feel like to be something between a revolution and a relic.