WEEKEND
Jean-Luc Godard 1968 French black comedy with satirical twist, new 35mm print
Plays Nov 25 – Dec 1, 2011 at Nuart, Los Angeles
Janus Films presents WEEKEND, opening November 25, 2011, at Landmark’s Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles for a one-week engagement.
WEEKEND is a black comedy film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard and starring Mireille Darc and Jean Yanne, both of whom were mainstream French TV stars. Jean-Pierre Léaud, iconic comic star of numerous French New Wave films including Truffaut’s Les Quatre Cent Coups (The Four Hundred Blows) and Godard’s earlier Masculin, féminin, also appears in two roles. Raoul Coutard served as cinematographer. In WEEKEND, a bourgeois French married couple. Roland (Yanne) and Corinne (Darc), both have secret lovers and are both planning each other’s murder. They set out by car for Corinne’s parents’ home in the country to secure her inheritance from her dying father, by murdering him, if necessary. The trip becomes a chaotically picaresque journey through a French countryside populated by bizarre characters and punctuated by violent car accidents. After their own car is destroyed, the characters wander through a series of vignettes involving class struggle and figures from literature and history, creating an overall impression of a humorous, beautiful, but also senseless and frightening world. Godard’s trademark intertitles intrude suddenly, cutting off and commenting on the action and the process of film viewing itself. The film is particularly well known for a single tracking shot that lasts for over 8 minutes. WEEKEND came roughly at the end of a productive period for Godard in the sixties, during which he made at least two films a year. Nominated for Golden Berlin Bear in 1968.
WEEK END opens Friday, November 25, 2011 at Landmark’s Nuart Theatre, showing through Thursday, December 1 for an exclusive one-week engagement. Landmark’s Nuart Theatre is at 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, just west of the 405 Freeway, in West Los Angeles. Program information: 310-281-8223;www.landmarktheatres.com
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