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News   July 22, 2009 at 3:30 pm FilmNerd

If you missed the recent Seattle premiere of Godard’s 1966 pop culture freak out Made in the U.S.A. at the Northwest Film Forum (and its awesome Nico-like rendition of the Rolling Stones’ As Tears Go By ), not to worry.

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Two or Three Things I Know About Her (Godard, France, 1967)

The Criterion Collection has just released not one, but two mid-60s Godard films: Two or Three Things I Know About Her and  Made in the U.S.A. (with its awesome Nico-like rendition of the Rolling Stones’ As Tears Go By ).

See an overview of cinephiliac excitement here . Peruse your local video store.


  • Brooklyn Dave

    Wow, great stuff. There are perhaps better directors in film history, but none of them produced a better peak than Godard. Man was he on top of his game in 1964-65: Alphaville, Pierrot le Fou, Masculin Feminine, Made in USA and Two or Three Things I Know About Her. Sublime. It’s great that Criterion is releasing these.

  • Brooklyn Dave

    Wow, great stuff. There are perhaps better directors in film history, but none of them produced a better peak than Godard. Man was he on top of his game in 1964-65: Alphaville, Pierrot le Fou, Masculin Feminine, Made in USA and Two or Three Things I Know About Her. Sublime. It’s great that Criterion is releasing these.

  • Brooklyn Dave

    Wow, great stuff. There are perhaps better directors in film history, but none of them produced a better peak than Godard. Man was he on top of his game in 1964-65: Alphaville, Pierrot le Fou, Masculin Feminine, Made in USA and Two or Three Things I Know About Her. Sublime. It’s great that Criterion is releasing these.

  • http://publicola.net/ Josh Feit

    BD,

    Have you heard the pop rock sound track to M/F, including “Pinball Champ” ? Sublime is right.

  • http://publicola.net/ Josh Feit

    BD,

    Have you heard the pop rock sound track to M/F, including “Pinball Champ” ? Sublime is right.

  • http://publicola.net/ Josh Feit

    BD,

    Have you heard the pop rock sound track to M/F, including “Pinball Champ” ? Sublime is right.