Word: disbelief
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Until 1960, film was primarily a representational art. Then Godard and his fellow iconoclasts suspended disbelief like a taut high wire across which his characters danced and ambled, and sometimes fell off. There are "people" in Every Man, including a TV producer named Paul Godard (Jacques Dutronc), his co-worker and ex-mistress Denise (Nathalie Baye), and her friend Isabelle (Isabelle Huppert), who works as a prostitute and has a short session with Paul. But they are not "real people." They are figures in the desolate landscape of Godard's mind. They have materialized to illustrate his deepest, bleakest...
When Velie is told of the compliments and accolades of her teammates, however, she only laughs in disbelief. In fact, any discussion with Velie involves painfully pulling past accomplishments out of her while she downplays their importance. When talking about making the Olympic squad, Velie says, "That's the only exciting thing that has ever happened to me, and it's not even that exciting. It's just an honor...
Standing in his Grays common room, Bing Huang points out his roommates' new "Animal House" poster--showing dozens of actors waving their middle fingers--and gestures in disbelief. "Americans are so casual about everything," he says. "In China, we have posters to criticize, but nothing like this...
...Lords. This could be done, he said, simply "by creating 1,000 new peers" who could override the existing members of the House of Lords and vote the chamber out of existence. The proposal caused Labor M.P.s, including some of Benn's leftist allies, to gasp in disbelief...
...preying on private fantasy. Enough of the self-congratulatory "love" of beer commercials and snide movies. It is best to leave this sort of film to future generations who, after they master time travel, may also devise the necessary base for a high-tech future;--the cryogenic suspension of disbelief, wonder, and surprise...