GODARD, MON AMOUR - Film Screening
Join us for an immersive cinematic experience as we present a screening of GODARD, MON AMOUR at the esteemed Blak Box Theater in Joshua Tree, California. Rated R, Comedic Drama.
Event Description
This screening is the second in the series of Sunday afternoon film screenings by the Cultural Center’s Hi-Desert Film Institute at the Blak Box Theater in Joshua Tree, CA. The screening is Sunday, Jan 12th 2025 at 4pm. This film is rated R and no one under the age of 13 admitted without an adult.
Summary: It’s 1967: Jean-Luc Godard’s marriage to Anna Karina is over, and he is reimagining his art. Sensing a cultural and political change in the air a full year before the unrest of May ’68, he embarks on a new film, La Chinoise, with a new woman: actress and student activist Anne Wiazemsky.
Critical Accliam: Says Mick LaSalle, a movie critic for SFGate, "Godard, Mon Amour is the great Godard movie Godard could never make....writer-director Michel Hazanavicius takes everything great about the French director Jean-Luc Godard and uses it to explain everything that’s wrong with him. Like the best of Godard’s own work, this new movie has the humor and briskness of a comedy, while telling a serious story of an artist’s self-delusion and decline.A consistently funny feature of “Godard Mon Amour” is found in scenes in which Godard seeks acceptance by radicals and ends up making a fool of himself, either for seeming like what he is, a poser who was born wealthy, or for making idiotic pronouncements such as “The Jews have become Nazis.” The radicals, almost as deluded as he is, are the only ones willing to tell him what an idiot he has become. His friends, meanwhile, tolerate him when he berates strangers in restaurants or sagely announces that Jean Renoir’s films were “bourgeois.” Yet despite his almost obsessive commitment, it doesn’t take long to realize that Godard’s politics are ridiculous, grounded more in an emotional need to be accepted by young revolutionaries than in any thought. Godard may think he’s being chic when he identifies anything he doesn’t like as fascist (“Advertising is fascism”), but he becomes flummoxed when a journalist asks him, 'What is fascism?' ... Godard Mon Amour is refreshing in its presentation of bullying political correctness as a dead end, intellectually and artistically.
Hazanavicius' irreverence toward a living icon is unexpected, but appropriate. Yet the movie also pays tribute to Godard by imitating the loose playfulness of his early work. At one point, Godard and Anne are undressing as they discuss whether nudity is ever warranted onscreen. Garrel and Martin perform the scene while completely naked. It’s the kind of daring, fourth-wall-breaking joke Godard himself might have made, and it puts you in the mood to revisit Godard at his best.
About the Film Screenings: Our program of screenings is curated and presented by Matthew Caron, a film critic and reporter at the former Vice, and by Patricia Vernhes , the newly appointed programming director of the Hi-Desert Cultural Center. These Sunday 4pm film events are a part of the Institute’s upcoming film courses in our efforts to help preserve the history and art of filmmaking as well as technologies and skill sets that lay the foundation to its continuous evolution. The screening offers a perfect opportunity for film enthusiasts to come together and appreciate the art of filmmaking.
Venue: Blak Box Theater
The Blak Box Theater, situated amidst the breathtaking landscapes of Joshua Tree, California, adds an extra layer of charm to the screening experience. Known for its state-of-the-art audio-visual setup, the theater ensures an unmatched experience.
Cash/Credit bar serving wine, beer, bottles water, and non-alcoholic beverages. No outside beverages of any kind permitted.
Mark your calendars for a memorable evening of cinema and camaraderie. We look forward to welcoming you!
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