“ People say we can no longer write about our colleagues. Obviously it becomes difficult having a coffee with someone if that afternoon you have to write that he’s made a silly film. but the thing that has always distinguished Cahiers from the rest is our principle of laudatory criticism: if you like a film you write about it; if you don’t like it, don’t bother with tearing it to pieces. One need only stick to this principle. So, even if one makes films oneself, one can still say that so-and-so’s film is brilliant…
Jean Luc Godard talking about being a film critic and a film-maker in Godard on Godard
2 years ago
