This 1967 movie was called "the death of cinema" by its creator, and operated as a critique of both capitalism and mainstream films. We try to understand how a man as notoriously malicious as Godard was to his cast and crew, could also use this platform to argue for a better world.  

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• The Magic Christian
• Trouble Every Day
• Guido Crepax
• Ravenous
• Maximum Overdrive
• Jim Jarmusch
• Hal Hartley
• David Cronenberg

Additional Resources:

• Revolution & Car Crashes: 5 Things Learned About Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘Weekend’ From The Criterion Collection’s New Release
• Are You in a Film or in Reality? Jean-Luc Godard's 'Weekend' Will Have You Wondering
• Jones, Kent. Sight & Sound. Feb2016, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p46-51. 6p. 5 Color Photographs, 5 Black and White Photographs.
• Flashback: Weekend – Jean-Luc Godard’s assault on bourgeois values from 1967
• Weekend (Jean-Luc Godard, 1967)
• Two Weeks with “Weekend”
• Breaking The Rules - The French New Wave
• Godard’s Comic Strip Mise-en-Scène