/lit/ - Literature

>>10757524
Because the nouvelle vague is the greatest failure of an artistic movement in history. After 68' the movement became what it was trying to fight, it bourgeois cinema. Forward to this day and Godard is what is teached in every university class and it's a fan favorite of the try hard small time intellectuals in the world. What once was provocative and controversial to this day is applauded just because of his name. Film socialisme and Au revoir au language are just the nails on a coffin thst was left open for too long. At least Rivette and Truffaut had the decency to sell out and drop the faux marxism of Godard.
Adorno was right when he said that mass marketed art can't be revolutionary.
The whole movement and godard should be studied and loved, yes, but they failed at being revolutionary outside of their art.
That said I love all his stuff pre 68', Pierrot le Fou being my favorite

Start with his Introductory Lectures.
If you fancy getting into Jung concurrently, go for Man and His Symbols.