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Thanks to Matt Prigge, I’ve spent the past 26 minutes watching Meetin’ WA, a 26-minute film about Woody Allen, shot in New York by Jean-Luc Godard. A good portion of the short is dedicated to a fairly formal, almost junket-style interview, with Godard asking the questions, sometimes with the help of a translator, and mostly concerning Woody’s then-new release, Hannah and Her Sisters. Godard then inserts his typically pointed commentary via almost non-sequitor intertitles and film stills. It was particularly interesting for me to see this so soon after hearing the full story of why Godard didn’t direct Little Murders, the ultimate subversive New York movie, for Eliott Gould. Fifteen years later, he’s revisiting the city and having an interesting but rather bloodless conversation with the man who is, at that point, the preeminent New York auteur, and he seems mostly concerned with Allen’s thoughts on television. A stretch? Yeah, probably.
I’ll have some thoughts on Woody Allen’s recent work, including the about-to-premiere Vicky Cristina Barcelona, tomorrow
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after viewing the short i remember a quote from andre malraux-we talked late into the night like friends meeting after a long time.they may exist in different continents but they almost speak the same language.even the cephallic indexes refer to the inter continental alter ego effect visually.woody allen gets across as more comfortable with the universe than jean luc godard.there is this lightness of being an american while godard is destined to be viewed in film noir like lighting.may be jlg intended it that way..one can go on and on yet arrive where one started..