Jean-Luc Godard’s biographer Richard Brody calls 1987’s King Lear “the best film of all time”. After its Cannes premiere, the film screened for two weeks in the US, and then disappeared into obscurity for 15 years. A young Quentin Tarantino lied that he acted in the movie, believing that nobody would have watched it to know otherwise.
In the season finale to our Godard 80s series, Kevin & Cristian round off their discussion of King Lear by speaking to its reappraisal by champions such as the aformentioned Brody, as well as Criterion's recent remastering and re-release of the film, before some final thoughts on this long, strange trip.
We'll be returning soon with some bonus episodes on Richard Linklater's new 'Nouvelle Vague' and an obligatory Oscar's discussion, before we kick off our next season on the great PARK CHAN-WOOK.
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