Histoire(s) du Cinéma: Only Cinema (EOTWS)

Histoire(s) du Cinéma x8 extract: Only Cinema (1997)

The third part of Histoire(s) du Cinéma opens with its most enriching and rewarding segment so far: extracts from an interview Godard did with Serge Daney. Though he speaks in constant obtuse aphorisms, Godard is challenged here to begin communicating with an actual human being and so can't help but reveal some tangible thoughts in regards to his choice to create this piece of cinema that he calls Histoire(s) du Cinéma. This edited interview then provides some incite into the Godard's own history in relation to cinema. After this, however, we get some feminist critique that is focused on the paradigm of men making films about women. Nothing struck me in this sequence beyond the screen presence of Julie Delpy - which I'm sure was part of Godard's intentions - but, despite his provocation, this sequence said very little and nothing of apparent worth.