Meetin’ WA: Jean-Luc Godard Meets Woody Allen in a 26 Minute Film

The great French New Wave direc­tor, Jean-Luc Godard, turns 81 years old today. And Woody Allen, the leg­endary comedic film­mak­er, turned 76 just two days ago. So what could be more per­fect than to serve up Godard­’s 1986 short film Meetin’ WA? What you get is Godard, one of the dri­ving forces behind La Nou­velle Vague, in con­ver­sa­tion with Woody Allen. Godard­’s trade­mark approach to film­mak­ing, the expect­ed dose of Woody Allen neu­roses — they’re all there, packed into 26 min­utes.

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