{"id":4535,"date":"2007-10-17T15:18:16","date_gmt":"2007-10-17T22:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4535"},"modified":"2024-06-28T11:00:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T18:00:40","slug":"chinoise-la-1967","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4535","title":{"rendered":"Chinoise, La (1967)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;One must replace vague ideas with clear images.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/La-Chinoise-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/La-Chinoise-Poster-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-40243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/La-Chinoise-Poster-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/La-Chinoise-Poster-95x128.jpg 95w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/La-Chinoise-Poster.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA group of French university students &#8212; Veronique (Anne Wiazemsky), Guillaume (Jean-Pierre Leaud), Yvonne (Juliet Berto), Henri (Michel Semeniako), and Kirilov (Lex De Bruijn) &#8212; share a bourgeois apartment over the summer while studying Maoism and planning terrorist revolt.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>French Films<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jean-Luc Godard Films<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jean-Pierre L\u00e9aud Films<\/li>\n<li>Revolutionaries<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Terrorists<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, <em>La Chinoise<\/em> may well be &#8220;one of Jean-Luc Godard&#8217;s most interesting political works&#8221;. He infuses the seemingly dry subject matter with stunningly stylized visuals (every shot is strategically framed, and primary colors literally pop off of the screen), and treats his characters with both respect and irony, making it clear how troubled their idealistic yet naive ideology really is. Indeed, since the act of violent terrorism carried out near the end of the film is treated so casually, it&#8217;s literally impossible to take these students&#8217; actions too seriously. Unfortunately, the last ten minutes or so of the film &#8212; in which we&#8217;re inexplicably introduced to new characters &#8212; dilute the finale; but given Godard&#8217;s penchant for illogical narrative sequencing (he once famously said, &#8220;A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order&#8221;), this is perhaps to be expected.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A unique glimpse at young revolutionaries avidly pursuing knowledge about Maoism<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/chinoise-studying.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/chinoise-studying.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4533\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Leaud demonstrating a theatrical technique used by a Maoist to make a political point<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/chinoise-wrap.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/chinoise-wrap.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4536\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Stark, close-up framing, often with Chinese posters in the background<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/chinoise-posters.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/chinoise-posters.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4537\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Creative use of vivid, contrasting primary colors as backdrops<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/chinoise-colors.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/chinoise-colors.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4531\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>An effective juxtaposition of words and visuals to relate a particular time and attitude<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/chinoise-words.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/chinoise-words.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4538\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Many memorable images<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/chinoise-memorable.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/chinoise-memorable.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4532\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Typically Godardian mise-en-scene and an &#8220;interrupted&#8221;, disorienting musical score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. While a little of Godard goes a long way, I think all film fanatics should watch this tongue-in-cheek political fable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0061473\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/reviews\/69197\/la_chinoise.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;One must replace vague ideas with clear images.&#8221; Synopsis: A group of French university students &#8212; Veronique (Anne Wiazemsky), Guillaume (Jean-Pierre Leaud), Yvonne (Juliet Berto), Henri (Michel Semeniako), and Kirilov (Lex De Bruijn) &#8212; share a bourgeois apartment over the summer while studying Maoism and planning terrorist revolt. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: French Films Jean-Luc Godard Films Jean-Pierre L\u00e9aud Films Revolutionaries Terrorists Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, La Chinoise may well be &#8220;one of Jean-Luc Godard&#8217;s most&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4535\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4535"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98132,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4535\/revisions\/98132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}