Review of Film Socialisme (2010) by Onur C — 14 Jan 2011

I liked the concept & this is beautifully filmed...

This review of Film Socialisme (2010) was written by Onur C on 14 Jan 2011.

Film Socialisme has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Christopher Long (186) for Movie Metropolis (1,779) on 02 Feb 2012

The movie's critique of globalization ... is vast in scope, and the fragmented narrative is replete with allusions…

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By Kilo D (224) on 23 Oct 2013

Godard is he living antitheses of Claude Lelouch and just for that his movie are worth watching…

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By Mark Jenkins (515) for NPR (1,713) on 07 Jun 2011

Film Socialisme, his (Godard) latest intellectual assault, includes grating noise, scruffy camera-phone video and subtitles in fractured Navajo…

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By Alexander B (392) on 23 Aug 2011

A lot of mainstream cinemagoers have this presumption that arthouse movies are pretentious, incomprehensible, and consist of random imagery…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 02 Jun 2011

Goddard's vaguely accessible collage-essay on the ennui of the modern existential moment, Socialism is an inarticulate bestiary of bullshittery…

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By Matt G (2,017) on 07 Jun 2012

Typical Godard. Hard on the brain. Fuck you for trying to comprehend this nonsense. Still…

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By Emily R (333) on 30 Mar 2012

Reminiscent of Bressons' near perfect Le Diable Probablement, Socialisme is a frantic, difficult, scatterbrained, and shockingly profound work…

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By Grae Drake (173) for Movies.com (1,002) on 02 Jun 2011

It's upsetting that I spent 90 minutes of my life wrestling with this movie to get absolutely nothing out of it, except a desire to take Godard's…

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By Jason Solomons (101) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 09 Jul 2011

The cumulative effect of this plotless collage is bizarrely comforting and I totally know what JLG is on about (something to do with ownership,…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 14 Jun 2011

Those receptive to Godard's sense of humor will find Film Socialisme an elusive yet expansive provocation…

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