SEVEN GODARD AND THE GODARDIANS: A Study in the New Sensibility 4 To ae piroe-e nent? yr musth ‘oined by Susan Sootagthe operative word af cours, mt, not ‘Svat eb pets ue tat te ord srl fag vor lve bento, bate, Mee abut et as Beno it and athe et by Mir Song fo a ts > tjston Pict atot y word by which we ore const? ‘eter lndoding te word vn inter sis sen Tip oy mt the ry thing stand os spose ote or ices ft ts th i le iso asiduus and itn tty orgeng pe doing so out of a lack of that qual oo Sang tt lo a guys 8 were pon Tower tat sy be, tw gt back tthe concept of the new sensi” wich is supposed to account fr the revelation inthe eto things He latory nd letono masto- dads mettre ees nplaceof ufo action pl pop ti op aon slp. the Ue for ro al ed 1 ‘nd dates npopelr me, fer hapa, eae ‘tonment and oer nied nea incllng peje pr in andor an of Hlarmaking whose Seas Gord Ea°Sciom the “andergound moti or "New Amccae Gnas ay bl ny ic el ek any oe te Pandor br of conteporay or art has unleashed upon us; every kind as ‘ach ce een ny ta pt "Whetwas the Pandora who aly opened th a? As far as Sin conceded tee nonet of dts tla th co be deal ican be de nl pea mm Godard and the Godardians mm tely-in a seemingly omocent sore of Jeane Godands ee tgp, when came out that fn oked ther art ta aa oof ws toda, tough one ca stl Bo seems a comiderably es satfactory work. fo 5 ea seen in taking ofthe lovers have gone t0 the 2 pee ae wating an Ameria, o Americana western, nove thundering hooves and gos. Bot sudden samt Thesvuntrah to it voles renga each ole es heutf poe, “Cov de cane "Nae hoe ae teique/ Comme le masque Cun yen...” Now See Soy rnscser What basins have the charters eh Amerean western rating on of France’ Snes wen- see an" fetes at each oter=and anphoaly, at that, os Mrgrn win dloge thst ay wee improvsing® "Sena wns dingo of thre thing ere ay have ben Aygo ake fun of Apa’ poe by ntodvcing i ito ae et of be may have been oping to elevate the ‘also dhe anure of genine ef Nost Hey, og be was wee feng pom be ha jut stumble opto an ett mt tae fo ate come shock fect. Bat whatever he seen seatbity tat wil Indigent kindof ec is a bie tis eye, potentous, and dete, Cea rae ing maka vale agent in the ost sual, PEE cand, aye utenti, bose it wilde wit Jado ction to sorting tht suppse to confer itl ‘ibrar onthe Rinmaker sel safectd, Beaute erect the cota fg a gets ts Mek, When seat introduce the story of Apoiale snd a yong woman Paes ea (epee of fay wellknown iter biography) eee aim Noles wht he dong and ts 0 jy eer or nt to ral satiation urlevat, We ae ot eet can of Beatle, th someting tht stbesns 3 Serato and showing of reir ts dicen that Godard is proceed One watched ce ie tutus bu arogant devi tp, the He Penne 2Fsble eontny Badlae had aly aaa era ari sone but Here Is «considerble Freee ren the suposed he ok Asorpeise ay datesm Pricte Screenings cr organs of perception ad ont undentuding may de Shur arrose of something wo vaguely sensed, may bean 3 Sig pt yl ace al wee Shock, 2‘llaton, disturbance or revermal of the etablisied Cr A pte alo pnd po, ei, cts cntact ands mot Hel, pup. Aspe spss the ‘Speed, at mary Dypases ifn av would Brolin {wiay nething of Et, ave sebuabed fo state Codd erbutes to Bo in Bond of Older “Everything that fnew iS utomatialy tational” (Porton we ao oe, toad ace sepa god") Ina othing tomate in Godard, jst about everything, . Aint ate Godard ders T lst few at andor jes ly eb or ia free to New Wave often {eco ing so np tag whit rel thi faces aloe up sing top soteon he sgt tree (aul while someones ploopaping sod) or Gh none ping hack and forth ad ans betren te aes Sco ten wha et ttn na ‘mera nth lot provecaton,nling poms by ews of Toot, sg, inriptinsehind the Tacs of characte ‘Sc lnrpion may be wed o ut» porton-for exp ‘he Mared Woman, sign ead “ous” aud inte ne bot the camera picks ot the mile pt ofthe word rad “nce fre the ivan af i a epost ech Gf wich there fied pretentious sey, cn wih sme {frat for epaap he cnsuraging of eet to jmp boat {Calin gon dos) in srt of upline omy Pca Yale he iedacin of Gls st ete tency olen, ‘hich fave no dacemiblefomection wih ating trees toler or pnb! orks eier made bythe ees pk Inthe pon acelin non ans bya choraters {Rating o mntoning tem there reference reson whol {fatal suden death, often at the cod of «lm, whore {bay ve tucked om for good yemon exept to provide a tingid 2 semblance o aa np stopping the mse mth untae for» fw ment si then Neng whe Peto al witout mean, w pontBeting, pradopoeis Godard and the Godordians 2 peudprfound ofscreen nation accompanying the mast earmtene occurences onrfreeny a character winking cut a the ‘dinee and addressing them dicey. nee ach as these, and tony Kindred ones, are nok neces anh had thay may even be good~but when sed promisewosly, ‘eedloway, excused, withthe notion that they ae pt ft Yalan utanately dsl. Godard’ “new” food they become distaste ryt int sorting eer, snd es, Un he tena: rap gta antique, Why do these innovations age 5 Tecan, having othing but hem les on, Godard hat sal has nto the nds because bend he devo there 1 oer ana eri lke Sosan Sontag ct, bythe wy $s ate atspetaton which rather Ue beng sais rei vey adetes eins a vite, OF View 92 Stes We don't know Nanas tvs except at die Wer 2i6 arenes The fm eches all pyholgy thee 0 ta fst offering fine anguish” A ott, we Poti ture se Vie, ike Godards other movies is “prot ret hn aye Rsows at sapeting bpp. nt sa pened Te esposes the sexorabiy of an even ere dunes absurd Oban the Bl chews a edt we eum even ner what Nant’ mae ae Fe Copley airy and we so then frm such ie acs a to ner, merely atte whatever ut ae et are ar lth pata “exposes he of anevem It does nothing ofthe Kid, Miss Sontag ry ape delberately-am action with the portal spi tn Tak Godard has his heroine Become a prose of tat i Tne a bat i des 8 be to make ea event, a Boman aco Ir ineitale oe even plaosble 1 ne supposed tobe portraying, The very word “proof” Cat tows al lahonest here. Arcam oly sugsest, persuade, ene ost, demonstrate, cannot prov. But responsible eo ght id artists and eres love to svoke the notions of orca neteaiy, the txrable, Theo are generally, gaat Prt ns forte arbitary, dhe sloppy, the mindless. plese a err appene and that x supposed to bet justification. Tt {Epocue is i ike eis bees Uke is216 Private Screenings Or in other word, asthe emperor no clothes? How marvelous Who wants clothes anyway? These ore eateprie in walk ‘hed, Naty cao mh sore daring snd more rel, Well, hat Inny boo inthe case of svowed iy, in madly for purpae Sy to show off «ghrious body. But Godard’ ls pretend to ‘the, they pretend toe contacts aia, demonstration Gf haran acto In fact, however, they aze nothing: ne even Suity only sen and even thse ati, made of card tour Consider the dnue even: here are two pasnges fom Content "Why So you sre this thovehtel sir? fn hiking of something, would you blve 12-OF what?-Of fr Men” And agains “Why. don you Tove me any meh Tha ie.Why do you despise re?That I wll nove tll ou, tt oven if L-were on the pont f death” How peteaticuh freudomcenngfl these utterances are yet even x sigh cee Eat reveals than to be tte tnd allow, Nor wl dot sy {hat in Godard the words se aniportant. Tn hi ls, a8 he ‘Nnself has proclaned, "you have to ftom to ho people tllag? ‘Mis Sooteg goers fe asf tke sronly along speech of ‘Nant’ from which she quote and comments onthe fll, “Tam respi 1 tc my bead Tan apostle, 1 ity ‘and, Tau sponte” And furthers“ pte apt. A man ‘ms Life He” What guna ipay schoolboy’ pray cf Sartre ends with « gan revelation of mati edt Arh once agai, prove merely the inate in plata, the {fuitcocntal trom, Yet Mas Senay can ast thereupon, Godard is perhap the ony director ta who ie ftrestd in ‘piloophicl Boar and ponssn an intligence and dncton goal te the tak I you ave terested i Tearing how sch pllsophical Mnvzsker come into being, here ta exp i Sontag interes: “The twelve ens of Vie sa Vie ao ‘Nanas twelve sane ofthe cross, Ban Codsr’s lin the vale Of sane and soatyrdon are transposed to 4 taal seer plane” (There ar, actully, Rutten stone of the ers, bt Such dtals probbly not matter you are agua fat pretation) Ovestoned abot he meaning ofthe weve tables, Godard replied. "Why twelve? T dont ow But, to be sure ead toad bat the tablenos thenseves “accent the the Godard and the Godardions a : Loe conte tea of Saar ae ch Godard through a very different critic, Poa Pesos combination of ely sewn en A auc nd pny pba eh, maa te puro Car He ety wee .e St eather to avorble— cl or eam eves f Bret pnt yng ev’ Bethe Ieee ae OP ce pe gl se a eo ihe aly epi, wo fh Ait he i oC arta eg a Seng Wt um he ta cn ta sa gg em ey, wae ey he ld a or gn ts soy fe Se th wa tg cha” Wel tts propay du tad a ud a Kal We tonverted wo Godard : i mos Gr gs Kal" Fech post k n ct te one nla me axa tal A ed een th 8 38 of he rome a Rev comping me Imac ry arte Mey Splan ee te i eto Rood Gurr weal Be Pe A ey te Tait be ete ah Ye Othe, fame ave ten French humor ech et 2 Joe same of Godard worl fot Kea pone tc ects pin oe ess ech et od a ve ed oe gins Sere a nd nt rome i SeISE, tn hat “pong, eo hte, gee ow swe ee sears a st Gena Ti exon ase may rh Ca rer th Cage ey at rym ro ty Ba Be nh er ne ch mee Bao te sl cl vax dewy-eyed over