crossing boundaries

To me, the most intriguing thing I found about "2 or 3 things I know about her" is the fact that it sort of crossed the boundaries between the mainstream, art cinema, and the avant-garde. Alot of people have expressed that this was one of their favorite movies, and I think that this is because it was much more conventional and familiar than the fiercely artistically innovations of the early avant-garde that are often much less pleasant and alot more difficult to watch. I think there is something to Professor Langston's theory that the real avant-garde died in 1967..."2 or 3 things..." seems much more reminiscent of our independent cinema today than the experimentalism of previous avant-garde periods. While I enjoyed the film and some of its messages, I found it fairly self-indulgent and overly philosophical. Still, Godard's evolution from "Breathless" to here in just a few years is pretty fascinating, and the endeavor to express himself so differently through something more of a cinematic essay than a narrative film is still certainly noteworthy.