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Roger Ebert has a full 4-star review and says,
"Weekend" is about violence, hatred, the end of ideology and the approaching cataclysm that will destroy civilization. It is also about the problem of how to make a movie about this. Movies about The Bomb are almost never effective; the subject is too large. So Godard abandons any attempt to show us "real" war or destruction. Instead, he shows us attitudes: the casual indifference to suffering that saturates our society.Criterion opens with this: "This scathing late-sixties satire from Jean-Luc Godard is one of cinema’s great anarchic works." Rotten Tomatoes has a critics consensus score of 93%.
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...violence and hatred seems to never go out of style.
ReplyDeletePlots and greed. Yes, why can't we be better?
DeleteI liked this film a lot, it's well worth watching! Valerie
ReplyDeleteWe agree on this one, definitely!
DeleteAnother to watch without Himself. I wish you live closer
ReplyDeleteLet's pick the perfect spot and relocate.
DeleteMost people think of the weekend for relaxing and having fun. Does the name of this film want to say it's not all about that?
ReplyDeleteFreezing cold here today and will be tonight. Enjoy your warmth Nita.
I don't think that's where the title comes from, but I'm at a loss to explain where it did come from. The film is like a road trip of crisis, increasing chaos, and societal breakdown.
DeleteWhat an interesting concept.
ReplyDeleteYes, a very 60s thing.
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