Well, like so many of these director anthologies, Six from Paris suffers from the flippant transparency that’s all too common with this informal subgenre.
This week, we take a look at the recent Blu-Ray releases of Godard’s Le Petit Soldat (1963), Jarmusch’ The Limits of Control (2009) and Haynes’ Dark Waters (2019).
Redoutable is an irreverent take on the biopic that gleefully flips the bird at its subject, and takes delight in making him conform to a conventional narrative of the type he grew to detest leading to some of the finest moments of cringe comedy in recent memory.
They were at the top of their game. They had it all: the fame, the positive critics, a status amongst the greatest filmmakers of all time, and the power to make any film they wished.