Jean-Luc Godard Messes Up Film Awards Season
Way back in 1962, during a panel discussion at the Cannes Film Festival, a fellow French filmmaker (either Henri-Georges Clouzot or George Franju) said to Jean-Luc Godard: “But you must admit that a script should have a beginning, a middle and an end.” Godard’s answer, since famously appended to the question and passed around for decades as a full Godard quote: “Yes, but not necessarily in that order.”
For Godard, the beginning this 2014 film awards season was Friday January 2, when New York Times critic Manohla Dargis suggested that his 3D drama Goodbye to Language merits Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
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