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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Masculin féminin (1966) directed by Jean-Luc Godard

Thursday, April 11, 2013 - by londoncitynights · - 0 Comments



Our young hero sits in a cafe sipping black coffee.  He pulls out a cigarette and with an affected flourish flips it up into his mouth.  He glances around, hoping someone appreciates his affected Jean Belmondo coolness.  No-one notices, no-one cares.  This is Masculin féminin, a portrait of a youth culture that doesn’t quite know what to do with itself other than to regurgitate pop iconography, yell political slogans and screw.  As the film famously declaims: “These are the children of Marx and Coca-Cola.” 

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