La Chinoise
Dir: Jean-Luc Godard
1967
**
Humour should be at the core of all good satire. Jean-Luc Godard has mastered a lot in his lengthy career but I'm afraid Satire isn't one of them. La Chinoise is very clever, beautifully shot and is an important piece of pop art. Inserting various slogans and political pictures of the time was fairly revolutionary editing at the time and La Chinoise is an important historical and political work, it's just dreadfully dull. It's like being told the same joke for 93 minutes that wasn't even funny the first time. Monty Python did it better in a 3 minute sketch. Watch it because you love Jean-Luc Godard, the 60's and bright colours but not because you want political of film making lessons.