Oh why oh why did I look at the BAM schedule...
The 40th anniversary programming for the Director's Forte Night looks great but I'll miss the bulk of it. Tho' I'm pressed for time this week I'll have to get myself over to see Celine and Julie Go Boating, a "three hour tour". The Rivette film doesn't screen much but is always referenced as seminal work of the French New Wave. That's the ongoing, frustrating, conundrum of film-going. At one point in my cinema education I was so in love with the Vague--I couldn't see enough Godard and couldn't really understand Rohmer (not that I "got" Godard). At that time, I dismissed my adolescent crush on Truffaut's films as childish sentiment. Nowadays, I'm not so enamored with the guys (I do love Varda) but I believe I've gained a better understanding and appreciation of Rohmer.
Here's a little film that I really like--it embodies the energy and youthful kookiness of the Vague when it was really Nouvelle. (Beautiful opening credits too...)
Tous les garçons s'appellent Patrick (1957) written by Éric Rohmer, dir. Jean-Luc Godard.
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