Weekend

Japanese: 《ウィークエンド》 - うぃーくえんど
Weekend

...Then, in 1967, with "La Chinoise" (starring Anne Wiazemsky, who would become Godard's wife after Anna Karina), which predicted the outbreak of the May Revolution nine months later, Godard's "documentaryism," which is not merely a "live-action" film that captures reality as it is, but rather induces and triggers reality, reached its apex. In "Weekend," which depicts the hustle and bustle of a weekend trip from Paris to the countryside, Godard's critique of civilization in the form of a modern fairy tale is elevated to apocalyptic imagery with themes of burning cars and massacres. After the uprisings of May 1968, Godard declared that he would "return to zero and start anew."...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Weekend" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…次いで,67年,9ヵ月後の五月革命の勃発を予言した《中国女》(アンナ・カリーナに次いでゴダール夫人になるアンヌ・ビアゼムスキーが主演)によって,現実をあるがままにとらえる単なる〈実写〉ではなく,逆に現実を誘発し,惹起(じやつき)するというゴダールの〈ドキュメンタリズム〉はその頂点に達した。また,パリからいなかへ出かける週末の喧騒を描いた《ウィークエンド》では,現代のおとぎ話の形をとった文明批評が車の炎上と虐殺のテーマとともに黙示録的なイメージにまで昇華される。68年5月の動乱以後のゴダールは,〈ゼロに戻って再出発する〉ことを宣言する。…

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