Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St
312.846.2600
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Pierrot le fou
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Saturday Oct 24, 2009 (5:30pm)
Thursday Oct 29, 2009 (8:15pm)
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$10
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Jean-Luc Godard's spirited Pierrot le Fou is considered by some to be his greatest achievement. Fleeing a dull bourgeois party, Ferdinand takes off with Marianne, a former lover who insists on calling him Pierrot. They have a freewheeling life on the run before things go awry. The meandering narrative is equal parts outlaw movie, love story, and political indictment, punctuated by comic moments and homages to other artists. As you'd expect from the game-changing Godard, the film joyously pushes against many cinematic conventions, although Pierrot marked the end of an era for the auteur, who subsequently concentrated on making radically political films. It screens tonight as part of the Siskel's series devoted to its star, Jean-Paul Belmondo.
