Ah, those Vineland echoes between genuises

rich richard.romeo at gmail.com
Mon Mar 30 10:12:02 CDT 2009


I'm more interested in what Godard says about film than watching his
films which I find hard to get through

have had my eye out for his history of cinema that he did I think in
1979 (French Television? not sure)

rich

On 3/30/09, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Kohut" <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> To: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:04 AM
> Subject: Ah, those Vineland echoes between genuises
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>> One of Mr. Godard’s frequently cited sayings is the claim that all he
>> needed to make a movie was a girl and a gun.
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> I believe the girl left him a short time later.
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> P
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>> ----- Forwarded Message ----
>> From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
>> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 3:41:23 PM
>> Subject: 1966, the Left, fascism and more
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>> I have just seen Godard's "Made in USA". 1966 but never--or barely; not
>> sure---released in the United States (they say) before
>> 2008! Which amazes me. (And told as if 67-69 HAVE happened within the
>> film. As if it is set in the just-ahead future)
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>> You do not need me, only Godard's name, to recommend it. I have only a
>> beginning understanding of it. (I feel like the first
>> time I read C of Lot49 with it).
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>> Dead leftist whom Anna Karina loved and is trying to find out how he died.
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>> a pulp fiction writer fictionalized; the real Marianne
>> Faithful, a movie being made while the pulp writer writes and The Left,
>> Communists (in France), fascism fears, five deaths, maybe some
>> 'real"....Left: Year Zero flashes, Quote: "The Right is so cruel it is
>> blind; The Left is sentimental" but the major reason for this post is
>> this:
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>> 5, 6, 7 times during the film, shot largely outside, supposedly in
>> Atlantic City (within the film framing) and near a military base someone
>> says, the noticable loud sound---screaming--- of jets comes across the
>> screen. Wonderful.
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