I watched Le Petit Soldad several weeks ago, but it has been hard to sit down and write an entry for Jean-Luc Godard. Part of that difficulty has been finding time amidst other responsibilities …

If the name “Antonioni” gives the neophyte cinephile pause, he can take solace in the fact confusion loves company almost as much as misery does. Andrew Sarris begins his introduction of Jean-Luc Godard’s interview with cinema’s Michelangelo by reminding readers that L’Avventura (1960) was hissed at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.