Criterion Reflections – Episode 106 – Godard 68/71

Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. This fourth season of the podcast features conversations about movies that originally premiered in 1972 and were destined to eventually receive the Criterion imprimatur. In this episode, David departs his usual format to continue an exploration into films directed by Jean-Luc Godard as he transitioned from his nouvelle vague era in 1966-67 into the didactic political cinema he created in collaboration with Jean-Pierre Gorin as part of the Dziga Vertov Group between 1968-1971 – all this as a prologue to his upcoming discussion of Godard and Gorin’s 1972 film Tout va bien and Letter to Jane. For this conversation, David is joined by Jon Laubinger to discuss Le gai savoir, Un film commes les autres, British Sounds (See You at Mao), Le vent d’Est, Lotte in Italia, and Vladimir et Rosa. 

Jean-Luc Godard

• The Criterion Collection
• The Criterion Channel
• Letterboxd
• Wikipedia
• IMDb

Jean-Pierre Gorin

• The Criterion Collection
• The Criterion Channel
• Letterboxd
• Wikipedia
• IMDb

Le gai savoir

• Letterboxd
• Wikipedia
• New York Times

Un film commes les autres

• Letterboxd
• IMDb
• Gary Elshaw

British Sounds (See You at Mao)

• Letterboxd
• Wikipedia
• Senses of Cinema

Le vent d’Est

• Letterboxd
• Wikipedia
• Sabzian

Lotte in Italia

• Letterboxd
• IMDb
• Filmcentric

Vladimir et Rosa

• Letterboxd
• IMDb
• Only the Cinema

PREVIOUSLY:

GODARD 66/67

UP NEXT:

TOUT VA BIEN / LETTER TO JANE

MORE!

• Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
• Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
• The Eclipse Viewer
• A Journey Through the Eclipse Series

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