#167 – Pierrot le Fou, 1965, Jean-Luc Godard
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
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#224: Contempt
#224 – Contempt, (Le Mépris), 1963, Jean-Luc Godard
A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang (as himself) to direct an adaptation of “The Odyssey,” but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.
#362: Weekend
#362 – Weekend, (Week End), 1967, Jean-Luc Godard
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.
#612: Vivre Sa Vie
#612 – Vivre Sa Vie, (Vivre sa vie: film en douze tableaux), 1962, Jean-Luc Godard
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
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