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Originally Posted by h8kurdt
Funny you should mention that as I watched that last week. Really didn't dig it all.
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well it's a bit dated in that computer control of everyday life is a fact no longer in question. but around the time when this movie came out mcnamara was running the vietnam war via computer, modernist architecture had filled up the world with glass and concrete, and i see lemmy caution as the heroic last assertion of the human animal who "loves gold and women" vs. the dictator of rationality. that, or he's a capitalist agent smashing soviet-style planning. either way, it's an iconic film. and the visuals are just fucking brilliant. but yeah, after neo & the matrix, a bit long in the tooth narrative-wise.
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Originally Posted by demonrail666
I think Godard was vital in challenging convention, but more as an inspiration for future directors than for the success (or otherwise) of his own films. Woody Allen being a perfect example. He may openly quote Bergman and Fellini but stylistically I'd say he's consistently owed more to Godard than to anyone else.
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what you just said here is super-interesting to me because on the one hand i totally see it in SLEEPER-- both godard's alphaville and truffaut's farenheit 451 absolutely inform it. but elsewhere? please tell me so i know where to look.