Thursday, October 29, 2009

Godard

First off, as with any initial thoughts on the films we've seen, I was wondering what was the significance in the title 2 or 3 things i know about her. There's a distinct level of ambiguity and uncertainty that is present in the title that also pervades throughout the film. It hints at the fact that though there may be some quantifiable way of characterizing Paris/Juliette, there is no way to describe the entire persona.

Mainly, this is because of the shifting nature of Paris/Juliette. Juliette's thoughts are projected to the viewer in and out of diegetic conversation. I don't know if we can consider her drawn out speeches that break the 4th wall non-diegetic necessarily but they are definitely outside of the story in some way. Still, the speeches are somehow still a part of the world of the film and the things she says bear a lot of weight despite the rambling way in which they are presented.

To me, this seems to be a kind of parody on philosophy, though I'm not entirely sure if that was the intention of Godard. He said he wrote as he produced the film and that also presents the kind of genius that Godard can apparently just crap out at any time. There's no denying that it's very pretentious but that in itself may be a statement, that perhaps Paris and Juliette are simply pretentious and underneath their facades of superior fashion or taste there lies a decaying society and woman.
There is so much to say about this film but I'm tired so there it is.

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