RE: You, sir, are a very perceptive man... nt

Posted by afilado (A) on April 15, 2008 at 10:25:48

In Reply to: You, sir, are a very perceptive man... nt posted by clarkjohnsen on April 15, 2008 at 08:53:31:

You note the humor. Yes.

The film is always pressing the borders of the absurd. Abuse, emotional and otherwise, is a vehicle for parody, for the surreal. Irony is a relief. Everything is over the top, dramatically, perfectly contained, normalized.

Civility is deliberately, intelligently perverted before our eyes, by the story, the players and the director, yet we go along with it all because the perverse truths revealed are so familiar. There's security in the known, regardless the pain. What a cast!

Very life-affirming, this film. Art of a high order.

I'm reminded of Who's Afraid Of Virginia Wolfe when I see Contempt.

Speaking of Antonioni, have you seen Il Grido? Highly recommended.

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Topic - Godard's "Contempt" -- widescreen jewel of the New Wave - clarkjohnsen 11:24:20 04/14/08 (14)

This is the film - sjb 12:18:22 04/15/08 (5)

Whereas I saw him generous and responsive to a fault. Look how he... - clarkjohnsen 09:00:35 04/16/08 (4)

I saw her as messing with him in that regard but doing so consciously as a way to try and point - sjb 09:17:04 04/16/08 (3)

Trouble is, as afilado so sagely pointed out in his message below... - clarkjohnsen 09:45:34 04/16/08 (2)

Be that as it may (and it was certainly a very good and well said observation) - sjb 17:58:47 04/16/08 (1)

All that, and more, I'm sure. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:08:49 04/17/08 (0)

RE: " Les Cahiers du Cinema "are dying.... - patrickU 09:38:29 04/15/08 (0)

RE: Godard's "Contempt" -- widescreen jewel of the New Wave - Rod H. 16:11:50 04/14/08 (0)

RE: Godard's "Contempt" -- widescreen jewel of the New Wave - afilado 15:26:19 04/14/08 (3)

You, sir, are a very perceptive man... nt - clarkjohnsen 08:53:31 04/15/08 (2)

RE: You, sir, are a very perceptive man... nt - afilado 10:25:48 04/15/08 (1)

Oh well said, well said! nt - clarkjohnsen 11:45:14 04/15/08 (0)

Agreed, and would add... - semuta 13:05:36 04/14/08 (1)

Good observation! nt - clarkjohnsen 08:52:15 04/15/08 (0)

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RE: You, sir, are a very perceptive man... nt - afilado 10:25:48 04/15/08 (1)

Oh well said, well said! nt - clarkjohnsen 11:45:14 04/15/08 (0)

RE: You, sir, are a very perceptive man... nt

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