{"id":87921,"date":"2022-10-08T20:02:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T03:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=87921"},"modified":"2023-12-22T14:59:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T21:59:20","slug":"pierrot-le-fou-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=87921","title":{"rendered":"Pierrot le Fou (1965)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;My name&#8217;s Ferdinand.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Poster-223x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-87922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Poster-223x300.png 223w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Poster-95x128.png 95w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Poster-201x270.png 201w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Poster.png 701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a French man (Jean Paul Belmondo) married to a demanding Italian wife (Graziella Galvani) runs away with his kids&#8217; babysitter (Anna Karina), the couple take a sporadically violent road trip to find Karina&#8217;s brother Frank.\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>Criminal Couple on the Run<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Fugitives<\/li>\n<li>Jean-Luc Godard Films<\/li>\n<li>Jean-Paul Belmondo Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary begins his review of what he refers to as &#8220;one of Jean-Luc Godard&#8217;s most fascinating films&#8221; by providing a succinct synopsis of the storyline, which &#8220;takes twists at every turn as if the script were being revised each morning before filming.&#8221; Peary&#8217;s overview gives away numerous plot points but isn&#8217;t really a spoiler, so I&#8217;ll cite it in full here: &#8220;Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is bored with his bourgeois lifestyle. He walks out on a stuffy party and runs away with his daughter&#8217;s babysitter, Marianna (Anna Karina), his former lover.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Car.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Car-1024x444.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"278\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Car-1024x444.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Car-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Car-128x56.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Car-768x333.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Car-604x262.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Car.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The next morning, he finds a dead man in Marianne&#8217;s apartment, with scissors stuck in his back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Scissors.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Scissors-1024x430.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Scissors-1024x430.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Scissors-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Scissors-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Scissors-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Scissors-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Scissors.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The couple flees Paris. Gangsters, led by a midget (Jimmy Karoubi), are after some money Marianne has. She accidentally destroys the money when she sets fire to the car.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Money.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Money-1024x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Money-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Money-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Money-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Money-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Money-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Money.png 1299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ferdinand and Marianne spend time in a remote cottage &#8212; but there is little romance. She gets bored and insists they go to the Riviera to see her &#8216;brother.&#8217; She isn&#8217;t being honest with him.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Peary adds that the film is &#8220;filled with allusions to artists and films, political ideas, and jabs at commercialism and contemporary mores&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Bench.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Bench-1024x437.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Bench-1024x437.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Bench-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Bench-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Bench-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Bench-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Bench.png 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and he asserts that &#8220;it&#8217;s good to see Belmondo back in a Godard film,&#8221; noting that &#8220;maybe this film shows, in a limited sense, what would have happened if Belmondo and Jean Seberg had stayed together longer in <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5963\"><em>Breathless<\/em><\/a>&#8221; (a clip from that film is even shown here). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Breathless.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Breathless-1024x434.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Breathless-1024x434.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Breathless-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Breathless-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Breathless-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Breathless-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Breathless.png 1291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, Peary notes the &#8220;explosive ending&#8221;, argues that &#8220;technically, [the] film is excitingly audacious&#8221;, and points out a cameo by &#8220;Samuel Fuller (as himself, describing film as &#8216;an emotional battleground&#8217;.)&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Fuller.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Fuller-1024x441.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"276\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Fuller-1024x441.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Fuller-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Fuller-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Fuller-768x331.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Fuller-604x260.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Fuller.png 1277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t share Peary&#8217;s enthusiasm for this movie, which I find annoying and pointless rather than fascinating; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059592\/trivia?item=tr0646920\">as Godard himself stated<\/a>, <em>Pierrot le Fou<\/em> &#8220;is not really a film, it&#8217;s an attempt at cinema.&#8221; Sure, it&#8217;s filled with plenty of the director&#8217;s clever cinematic trickery, and the cinematography (by Raoul Coutard) is gorgeous &#8212; but we don&#8217;t care a single whit about these vapid characters or their outcomes. While it&#8217;s widely acclaimed, I consider this one must-see only for Godard completists. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Raoul Coutard&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Red-Movie-Theater.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Red-Movie-Theater-1024x425.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"266\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Red-Movie-Theater-1024x425.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Red-Movie-Theater-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Red-Movie-Theater-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Red-Movie-Theater-768x318.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Red-Movie-Theater-604x250.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Red-Movie-Theater.png 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Boats.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Boats-1024x428.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Boats-1024x428.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Boats-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Boats-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Boats-768x321.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Boats-604x253.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Pierrot-le-Fou-Boats.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though of course Godard fans will want to check it out. <\/p>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059592\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/pierrot-le-fou\/review\/2030131067\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/525-pierrot-le-fou-self-portrait-in-a-shattered-lens\">Criterion Collection Essay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/moviediva.com\/reviewpages\/mdpierrotlefou\/\">Movie Diva Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/86685\/pierrot-le-fou#articles-reviews?articleId=1117791\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;My name&#8217;s Ferdinand.&#8221; Synopsis: When a French man (Jean Paul Belmondo) married to a demanding Italian wife (Graziella Galvani) runs away with his kids&#8217; babysitter (Anna Karina), the couple take a sporadically violent road trip to find Karina&#8217;s brother Frank. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Criminal Couple on the Run French Films Fugitives Jean-Luc Godard Films Jean-Paul Belmondo Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Peary begins his review of what he refers to as &#8220;one of Jean-Luc Godard&#8217;s most fascinating films&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=87921\"> 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-87921","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\/87921","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=87921"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94231,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87921\/revisions\/94231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}