Jean - Luc Godard - Weekend

'A film lost in the cosmos/ A film found in the trash'

'Weekend' is a renowned black comedy filmed in 1967 by Jean-Luc Godard.  There's no point in me describing what happens in the film, but there are a couple of other things I would like to mention.  Primarily is his use of the long shot; by that I mean a shot that lasts for a few minutes, not one taken from a distance.  One of these lasts for what seems like forever, and is strangely fascinating whilst being intentionally dull, if you've seen it you'll know what I mean.  Another thing of note, more related to graphic design is the typography used in the film.  The film itself is split up by these intertitles (some text inserted into a film to provide context to the following scenes), and the typography is really beautiful in my eyes, I love the palate used, ironically in the colours of the French flag.  It also has some intelligent subtlety to it - in the 'chapter' named 'analyse' (which accounts the wife's sex with her psychoanalyst), the word is spaced to create a line break after 'anal'.  Another chapter heading is preceded by 'SS', which alludes to Nazi stormtroopers before it is joined by 'La lutte de la clasee', which can be translated as 'class struggle'. 

The trailer is of poor quality and with some oriental subtitles on it, and you can't really see the type, but you do see a bit of the 'long shot'.  Well worth watching.

Also as an afterthought, notice the way 'weekend' split up (images at top unfortunately). Like a cul-de-sac. Interesting if you watch the film.  A great example of good 'bad' type.