Week-End

1967

France

Jean-Luc Godard

Cinema of the Absurd

What’s it all about: Jean Yanne and Mireille Darc plot to kill one another and run off with their respective lovers. But plot quickly flies out the window as soon as they hit the road. You know you’re in trouble when the actors look bored. 

First Encounter: first viewing

Prostitute Index: nil

Death By: staged car collisions

Relics: amazing title sequences

Heartthrob: Jean Yanne

LoFi Magic: board games in traffic jams, car accidents as scenery, Mireille Darc screaming for her Hermés bag as her car goes up in flames

Makes me want to: beef up the criteria at the Criterion Collection

Candotti take: I actually never saw her Hermés bag.

Worth a watch/rewatch: No (sorry, Jean-Luc)

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