Godard

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/apr/23/jean-luc-godard-nostalgia-is-it-time-to-stop-pining-for-the-great-directors-past

Godard is one of the most notable directors in all of cinema. His movies are heralded as some of the best of all time. His vision is revolutionary and unlike anyone else. There were others during his time that also worked as pioneers for the french new wave, but Godard is probably the most highly regarded of his peers for his creativity and fresh vision. However, what is becoming more and more apparent to me is that while Godard is still living and working his current work is not as highly regarded as it once was. There is a very specific time frame in which his movies are closely looked at and the others since then not so much. The more time that passes from this moment the more nostalgia is attached to these movies. If we appreciated Godard's current films as we do with his previous ones then the air of nostalgia wouldn't be gone because we would still be living in his golden days. What I find interesting too is that it seems that Godard is hyper aware of his own image and how he presents himself to the public. His films in the 70s and 80s are almost deemed unwatchable. I take this to be because some part of him hated being so loved and adored by the crowd. It's a part of the belief that something popular can't be good- that the only truly good things are those that are unknown and underappreciated. Godard craves to have the image of the misunderstood artist too ahead of his time, but in his efforts to appear this way his movies didn't become a hidden treasure they just didn't work as well.

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