DOS PELICULAS EN UN DIA. . .

is probably one too many to watch in a day.  Godard's Socialisme was playing yesterday for one day only at the Teatro Rosalío Solano.   

I didn't even know Godard was still alive.  The film wasn't really long at 110 minutes, it just seemed three hours long so, of course, it was nominated for a Palme d'or.  If you wanted to cure someone of socialist tendencies, this is the movie to show them.  Lots of confusing symbolism:  animals, gold, water; unattributed quotations from famous philosophers and others; untranslated dialog in various languages; self-conscious acting ("Brilliant!" "Thank You!"); Patti Smith carrying a guitar;  loooong shots, and a plot loosely wrapped around  a Mediterranean cruise ship's stops at several ports of call whose histories involved grievous crimes against the social and moral order.  The behavior of the ship's passengers provided lots of opportunities for witnessing capitalist excesses--a "ship of fools" (or "tools") to be sure, but as viewers we were drowning in the filmmaker's excess, not the passengers'.

Still Alive

We saw that one at 1:00, came home for a quick lunch and then went around the block to see Emir Kusturica's Underground, a Palme d'or winner at three hours long.  As el sr J said, it was the history of the former Yugoslavia in real time.

A scene from the movie

The music was fun, unlike Socialisme it did have a plot, it was funny and tragic, the acting was good (mostly).  It was just soooo long.

Mr. Kusturica