Decades after he broke form and caught the world’s attention with his New Wave films, the influence of Jean-Luc Godard can still be felt on contemporary cinema. His post-modern filmmaking still remains vitally live, and “La Chinoise” is certainly one that feels fresh. And today we have an exclusive clip from the movie, that’s back in cinemas with a 50th anniversary restoration.
Starring Jean-Pierre Léaud and Anne Wiazemsky, the film follows a group of middle-class students, led by Guillaume and Veronique, who are disillusioned by their suburban lifestyles, and form a small Maoist cell and plan to change the world by any means necessary. After studying the growth of communism in China, the students decide they must use terrorism and violence to ignite their own revolution, with Godard turning his movie into a true Pop Art spectacle.
“La Chinoise” opens today at the Quad Cinema in New York City, with dates across the country to follow.