New Restoration!

Introduced by Kaja Silverman

Kaja Silverman is Class of l940 Professor of Rhetoric and Film at UC Berkeley, and the author of numerous books, including Speaking About Godard (with Harun Farocki), World Spectators, and Male Subjectivity at the Margins.

"A kind of parody of French cinema's obsession with le couple and a candid self–portrait...Soft and Hard is requisite for understanding the project of Godard and Miéville over the past two decades" (James Quandt). We follow Godard and Miéville in their daily routine as they discuss hard questions regarding the organization of communication in television, movies, and everyday life; and the relationship between images and our ideas of home, nature, and art. The subtitle, "A Soft Conversation on Hard Subjects," underscores their interest in the dual meanings of the word "subject"-to find a subject and to become a subject. The long takes of their conversation are juxtaposed with clips from Hollywood films and contemporary television programs.