I love
french new wave (plus post-new wave umbrellas of cherbourg, technicolor non-stop musical, galore! also, the pic below). the black-and-white film, the existentialism (which I usually have no patience for -- I'm talking to you, thoreau), the using-your-wife-as-a-lead-actress, all of it.
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even though I haven't seen more than 10 nouvelle vague films, I enjoy them. especially when they have subtitles so I don't have to rely on my shitty french. anyways, I totally thought jean-luc godard was dead, but apparently, he's not. and that reminded me. if you are bored on a weekend, do these 2 things:
read
Pascal's Pensees (a french philosopher's, literally, "thoughts")
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and then rent eric rohmer's
Ma Nuit Chez Maude. or, rent the movie, and then read pensees. it's really up to you.
I was going to go into why they are good together, but I don't feel like typing anymore so basically 2 dudes in ma nuit chez maude have a philosophical discussion about a couple things in pascal's pensees, and if you've read it and kinda know what they're talking about, it is really sweet.