JLG AT 81
To my embarrassment, I somehow missed that Saturday was Jean-Luc Godard’s birthday. He turned 81.
As anyone who knows me well at all knows, I am a Godard acolyte of the highest order. This man is a singular artistic influence and presence; and despite what you may have heard, he’s still going strong—last year’s Film Socialisme, though hardly seen, proved that Godard can still make every other working filmmaker seem instantly prosaic.
I am glad to report he is working on another film, titled ‘Farewell to Language.’
Here’s to 81, and the greatest filmmaker alive or dead (but thankfully alive).
Also—Godard’s Week End will be playing at the Brattle from December 9-15. You’d be silly to miss it.
