One P.M.

In the late 60's, Godard came over into enemy territory in order to document the revolution in America in conjuction with American filmmaker, D.A. Pennebaker. After directing much of the production of the film, he abandoned it, and Pennebaker took it upon himself to assemble the footage and release it. The result is one of Godard's most facinating political documents. Of course it is a work of art, and about the nature of film and filmmaking as much as it is about Marxist revolutionaries in America. It is unashamedly self-conscious, often showing Godard directing the action and camera work -- as if the behind-the-scenes was being intigrated into the film itself. There is one, long unbroken shot of a man -- it might have been actor Rip Torn -- going up an elevator in a building under construction, walking through the construction sight, and then going back down the elevator while yelling political maxims. Godard interviews members of the Black Panthers. There is a scene in an inner city, New York elementary school in which a man dressed as a Confederate soldier speaks to the primariy black school children, as Godard sits at the back of the class directing. Jefferson Airplane conducts and illegal rooftop concert, all captured by their camera's. It's quite a film.