I do not need a story or even a remote semblance of a plot in a movie. But I do need to be entertained in some way. The visceral and auditory elements were not enough to justify the 70 minutes running time of Goodbye to Language. The 3D did not work for me either. Did Godard use the 3D in service of the filmmaking, or was it just a gimmick? I side with the latter, though I was having problems with the 3D, perhaps because I was sitting off to one side (and yes, I did get the left/right trick Godard played a couple times). The worst thing I can say about Goodbye to Language is that I do not want to waste any more time writing about it. When the most compelling character is a dog...
It was nice that they decided to pay tribute to Harold Ramis, but I would have much preferred that they play one of his movies in its entirety rather than a few short clips from his filmography. This festival is primarily about watching movies, is it not? And they still could have had plenty of time to discuss Harold Ramis' career during the after film discussion.
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