Goodbye to Language
Drama, Romance
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2014
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"The idea is simple / A married woman and a single man meet / They love, they argue, fists fly / A dog strays between town and country / The seasons pass / The man and woman meet again / The dog finds itself between them / The other is in one, / the one is in the other / and they are three / The former husband shatters everything / A second film begins: / the same as the first, / and yet not / From the human race we pass to metaphor / This ends in barking / and a baby's cries / In the meantime, we will have seen people talking of the demise of the dollar, of truth in mathematics and of the death of a robin." -JLG
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Runtime:
69 min
Release date:
28 May 2014
Country:
FR
Languages:
English, French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
3 wins & 19 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
I'm attaching four stars more out of helplessness than critical acumen, by the way; if the film is beyond language, it's certainly beyond a traditional rating system.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
19 Mar 2015
rotten:
Throughout this enigmatic film's short running time, I couldn't for the life of me make out what Godard was trying to say.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
19 Mar 2015
fresh:
A film that's stuffed with language, its title notwithstanding.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
29 Jan 2015
fresh:
Anyone interested in the possibilities of the moviegoing experience - what can happen in a dark theater - owes it to themselves to say hello to "Goodbye to Language."
– Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan 2015
fresh:
At 84, Godard is still looking for new ways to express himself, though he thinks it harder than ever to achieve meaningful interpersonal communication in the information age.
– Ben Sachs,
Chicago Reader,
16 Jan 2015