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Jean-Luc Godard

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Filmmaker

The Resume

    (December 3, 1930-September 13, 2022)
    Directed 'Breathless (1960),' 'Contempt (1963),' 'Alphaville (1965),' 'Pierrot le fou (1965),' 'Sympathy for the Devil (1968),' 'Le Petit Soldat (1963),' and 'Bande A Part (1964)'

Why he might be annoying:

    He criticized Steven Speilberg.
    After he called Michael Moore 'halfway intelligent' and said that movies like 'Fahrenheit 9/11' actually helped President George W. Bush rather than hurt him, he then admitted that he hadn't seen the movie.
    He is twice divorced.
    'Le Petite Soldat' was banned in France.
    He looks like Woody Allen.
    He has been called bitter and reclusive.
    He did a commercial for a cigarette company.
    He smokes.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He helped usher in La Nouvelle Vague (French for new wave) which is considered to be one of the greatest movements in cinema.
    He was married to Anna Karina.
    He is a fan of Jack London.
    Norman Mailer helped write his version of King Lear.
    He called Los Angeles a 'big garage.'
    He has lashed out at major movies studios for reducing the art of cinema to a commodity.
    His parents divorced when he was 18.
    His parents cut off his financial support, which caused him to have to live a bohemian lifestyle.
    His mother was killed in a motor scooter accident.
    Breathless was a big hit with critics and at the box office in France.
    He was voted one of the greatest directors of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
    Quentin Tarantino named his production company Band Apart, a possible homage to Godard's film 'Bande A Part (Band of Outsiders).'

Credit: James Ballantine


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 78 Votes: 48.72% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 107 Votes: 61.68% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 43 Votes: 46.51% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 69 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 172 Votes: 54.07% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 234 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 59 Votes: 42.37% Annoying