SummaryLegendary director Jean-Luc Godard returns to the screen with Film Socialisme, a magisterial essay on the decline of European Civilization. As a garish cruise ship travels the Mediterranean (with Patti Smith among its guests), Godard embarks on a state of the EU address in a vibrant collage of philosophical quotes, historical revelations and pure... Read More
Directed By:Jean-Luc Godard
Written By:Jean-Luc Godard, Walter Benjamin, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Paul Curnier, Joseph Conrad, Neal Gabler, Luigi Pirandello, Paul Ricoeur, Samuel Beckett, André Malraux, Claude Lévi-Strauss, William Shakespeare, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Dominique de la Rochefoucauld, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Curzio Malaparte
Film Socialisme
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64
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
54% Positive
7 Reviews
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38% Mixed
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1 Review
Jun 9, 2011
100
For all its references to defeat, however, the movie still conveys a sense of rapture with the process of image-making, if not necessarily filmmaking.
Jan 20, 2012
80
With its rich, layered storytelling, Film Socialisme is, in its broadest sense, about nothing less than the history, present and future of Western civilization, up to and including Internet videos of cats.
Jun 3, 2011
75
You would be hard-pressed to use the word "accessible" to describe Film Socialisme, and that's exactly the way the master wants it.
Jun 1, 2011
70
Film Socialisme deflects interpretation but, so long as one subscribes to the William Carlos Williams injunction "No ideas but in things," it's filled with sensuous pleasures.
May 31, 2011
60
As to the movie's three sections, the best comes first, as an eclectic "cast" of characters (among them philosopher Alain Badiou and musician Patti Smith) pontificate their way around a lavish Mediterranean cruise ship.
Jun 6, 2011
40
Devotees and the curious may find it mildly diverting, otherwise this effort is not for the faint-headed.
Jun 9, 2011
25
This film is an affront. It is incoherent, maddening, deliberately opaque and heedless of the ways in which people watch movies.
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Jan 26, 2012
7
it's just like Godard to make a film like this as his swansong. it's difficult to follow, and can be frustrating at times (the screen blips/freezes/skips drove me up a wall). the "Navajo English" subtitles didn't bother me, and i actually enjoyed them. it kind of felt like talking to a foreigner, while only having a basic knowledge of their language. either way there's an option on the blu-ray for full English subtitles. i enjoyed it overall, and plan on watching it again.
Production Company:
- Vega Film
- Office Fédéral de la Culture
- Télévision Suisse-Romande (TSR)
- Ville de Genève, La
- Suissimage
- Fonds Regio Films
- Fondation Vaudoise
- George Foundation
- Wild Bunch
- Canal+
- ECM Records
Release Date:Jun 1, 2011
Duration:1 h 41 m
Tagline:La liberté coûte cher (Freedom is expensive)
Awards
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
International Cinephile Society Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
