Once upon a time, I was a film scholar of sorts. Not for long, just long enough to get my MPhil and then realise I couldn't afford to stay on to do a doctorate. I specialised in French New Wave cinema, and the early films of Jean-Luc Godard in particular.
I even, in an ill-advised fit of self-importance, self-published my MPhil thesis on Lulu - and when it (obviously) failed to sell more than a dozen copies, a long, slow disillusionment set in. Worse, as I travelled a bit in France, I met a few people who had crossed paths with Godard and I started to get the impression that my cinematic hero might just be a bit of a prick.
It's odd the things that can awaken your passion, and I never thought a mash-up of Gwen Stefani and Une Femme Est Une Femme would do it. It's not even my favourite Godard of the period, but it's reminded me of the sheer fun of the stuff I spent so long researching.
I even, in an ill-advised fit of self-importance, self-published my MPhil thesis on Lulu - and when it (obviously) failed to sell more than a dozen copies, a long, slow disillusionment set in. Worse, as I travelled a bit in France, I met a few people who had crossed paths with Godard and I started to get the impression that my cinematic hero might just be a bit of a prick.
It's odd the things that can awaken your passion, and I never thought a mash-up of Gwen Stefani and Une Femme Est Une Femme would do it. It's not even my favourite Godard of the period, but it's reminded me of the sheer fun of the stuff I spent so long researching.
kittencore:
....and you get sweeter with every comment 
Shame you can't make the PSW meet. Hopefully if it goes well we'll have another and you'll be able to make it
Shame you can't make the PSW meet. Hopefully if it goes well we'll have another and you'll be able to make it 
altaria:
Thankyou x