Or perhaps it was the other way around. We loved his films. As much as we talked about Tarantino after ''Pulp Fiction,'' we talked about Godard in those days. And now the name Godard inspires a blank face from most filmgoers. Subtitled films are out.
Art films are out.
Self-conscious films are out. Films that test the edges of the cinema are out. I slip it into the machine, and within five minutes I am so fascinated that I do not move, I do not stir, until it is over. It tells the story of Nana, played by Anna Karina, who was Godard's wife at the time. With her porcelain skin, her wary eyes, her helmet of shiny black hair, her chic outfits, always smoking, hiding her feelings, she is a young woman of Paris.