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Weekend (1967)
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
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A supposedly idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism and murder as French bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer preoccupations.
Rated R | Length 104 minutes
Actors
Mireille Darc | Jean Yanne | Jean-Pierre Kalfon | Yves Afonso | Yves Beneyton | Juliet Berto | Michèle Breton | Michel Cournot | Lex De Bruijn | Omar Diop | Jean Eustache | Jean-Claude Guilbert | Paul Gégauff | Blandine Jeanson | Louis Jojot | Valérie Lagrange | Jean-Pierre Léaud | Ernest Menzer | Daniel Pommereulle | Isabelle Pons | Helen Scott | Georges Staquet | László Szabó | Virginie Vignon | Anne Wiazemsky
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/14/2022 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
Had to fire up a Godard flick to celebrate his life and immense contribution to cinema. Was happy to find this on on HBO Max given how many times I saw a fun clip from this movie appear on my TL in the last 24 hours. Had never seen this film but now get the reference.
Total absurdist dark comedy. It is at its best when it’s moving from bit to bit rather quickly. When it lingers on the resistance fighters it slows to a crawl. Just batshit weird and intriguing and of course plenty of social and political commentary. Must note that this features actual live animals being slaughtered for food. It’s quite alarming to see this unedited visual of these animals being killed, which we just don’t see anymore.
RIP Jean-Luc Godard
December 3, 1930 - September 13, 2022
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