Goodbye to Language 3D Blu-ray (2014) [Region Locked] [forced subtitles in UK]

[Dubstar]

Since the film is a scant 70 minutes Kino should have waited, acquired and released this with the other Godard/Peter Greenaway/Pera three 3D short film trilogy "3X3D" ( its running time is only 69 minutes) and made it a double bill... oh well

[Richard--W]

This is really miserable news. I never thought I'd see the day when a Godard film couldn't get released.

American audiences used to turn out in large numbers for foreign films and demanded that the foreign film be screened in its native language with English subs. That's when film goers were intensely interested in foreign films. But audiences have changed. People no longer line up around the block to see a foreign film the way they did for Ingmar Bergman or Francois Truffaut or Jean Luc Godard. Foreign language films only play in a few major cities now, if they get released in the USA at all, and generally perform poorly at the box-office. In the mid-1980s I went to a repertory theater in San Diego to see double-features -- Persona with Hour of the Wolf, The Seventh Seal with Wild Strawberries, 81/2 with Juliet of the Spirits, 400 Blows with Shoot the Piano Player, a restoration of The Leopard, and each time the house was packed. Not many people would turn out for that today.

Godard is a living legend. His films have had a profound impact on culture all over the world. His importance to cinema can't be gauged in terms of nickels and dimes. It's tragic he's outlasted his audience.

[Todd Tomorrow]

Originally Posted by Richard--W

This is really miserable news. I never thought I'd see the day when a Godard film couldn't get released.

There already have been several other Godard films since the sixties which never got a theatrical release in the US because they were far too experimental and inaccessible for general audiences. When people hear the name Godard they think of his art-house classics from the 60s like Breathless and Weekend, not his barely watchable video experiments from the 70s or even many of his films from the 80s onwards.

[Dubstar]

got a tweet response from AFI Silver - apparently they aren't booking this either ... unreal - apparently a new Godard film in 3D no less isn't worth their time . If they aren't booking it, there's a slim to no chance that Angelika Mosaic or Landmark will book it either.

[Impossible]

Made it through 15 mins and turned it off. HORRIBLE!

Imagine a 3D student film by someone who'd never seen 3D before and you're close.

3D is a mess. Shot on HD shop bought cams. OVERLY strong to the point you nearly go cross-eyed.

M.E.S.S!

[PLG1962]

Originally Posted by Impossible

Made it through 15 mins and turned it off. HORRIBLE!

Imagine a 3D student film by someone who'd never seen 3D before and you're close.

3D is a mess. Shot on HD shop bought cams. OVERLY strong to the point you nearly go cross-eyed.

M.E.S.S!

I made it to 10 mins and walked out Godard was good back in the day now imo he is to be avoided

[HDM_fan]

Doesn't sound like worth a buy if it's a snoozer; too bad.

[Todd Tomorrow]

I watched this the other night and have to admit that like much later Godard I found it a chore to sit through and I'm no stranger to experimental film-making. He does push the 3D to its extremes which is probably the only interesting thing about the film, but that also means it's one of only two 3D films I've seen to give me a headache.

[Interdimensional]

Still haven't seen this, but just this week National Society of Film Critics gave it their Best Picture award. It just edged the Richard Linklater film 'Boyhood'.

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by Todd Tomorrow

I watched this the other night and have to admit that like much later Godard I found it a chore to sit through and I'm no stranger to experimental film-making. He does push the 3D to its extremes which is probably the only interesting thing about the film, but that also means it's one of only two 3D films I've seen to give me a headache.

in the literal 'visual' sense or the pejorative sense?

this movie seems like it was made for critics and not the masses, Film Comment noted that a lot of critics dug this, but gathering from what I'm reading here and elsewhere - it's just really really odd.

[dartfrog298]

Originally Posted by Todd Tomorrow

I watched this the other night and have to admit that like much later Godard I found it a chore to sit through and I'm no stranger to experimental film-making. He does push the 3D to its extremes which is probably the only interesting thing about the film, but that also means it's one of only two 3D films I've seen to give me a headache.

OMG, what the hell did I just watch? This has to be the worse film I have ever sat through in my life. Not only did it give me one of the worse headaches I've had in quite sometime, it literally made me so nauseous I had to take breaks after some of the shots. After paying $19.00 for it I was determined to watch the whole movie and don't know how I accomplished that. I would have to be offered major bucks to sit through this mess of a movie again. lol