Une catastrophe (2008)

*** (out of 4)

It's hard to judge a promotional trailer like this but then you consider that it was Jean-Luc Godard who directed it and your mind immediately tells you that it's not going to be your typical trailer or promo. This one-minute film was released for the 2008 Viennale festival and starts off with a clip from BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN with background audio of a tennis match. Yep, that's the type of thing you'd expect from Godard who seems to have forgotten to put this type of thing in his HISTOIRE(S) DU CINEMA series. Again, it's pretty hard to judge this thing but if you're an admirer of the director's work then you'll want to watch it at least once. There's no question that it's slightly entertaining in its own way and considering the fact that it's Godard, you know it's not going to be quite like anything you've seen before.