Olivier Godin's The Art of Speech (2016) is exclusively showing August 16 – September 15, 2018 on Mubi in most countries in the world as part of the series Canada's Next Generation.One should not be surprised by nostalgia. Though it is best to remain cautious. For what do cineastes feel nostalgic? A style, a school of thought, a relationship to the image rendered as a kind of fetishism, or in my case, a relationship to the word. Turning to the past in creating for the future demands a certain rigor. As an artisanal filmmaker who likes to think of cinema as a popular art form, I ask whether it may also be a vehicle for discussing poetry, identity, or a certain relationship to the word? Whichever the case, I was attempting to make neither an homage, nor something rooted in nostalgia. Even less so a post-modern recycling inspired by clichés and ideas...
- 8/9/2018
- MUBI
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