Le Vent d'est

Rather than a film in the classical sense, it is more of a political essay and, last but not least, an ideological and didactic tool in the service of orthodox French Marxism/Maoism. The protagonists on the screen serve as a supplement and material demonstration of a series of ideological comments carried out through a systematic series of voice-overs. Lenin's political imperative of "specific analysis in a specific situation" is expanded by Godard and others not only to a specific social situation but also to the analysis of revolutionary film creation in this situation. Therefore, alongside the ideological message (against the bourgeoisie and revisionism), the film intertwines an examination of the role, content, and form of revolutionary cinema. The film follows a clear analytical structure in conveying its message. The only objection could perhaps be directed towards the fact that when the author seeks new forms of (revolutionary) composition of images and sounds in the film, the end result is a very "talkative" film that relies mainly on words. In its original spoken form, for a viewer watching the film with subtitles, unfortunately, it becomes more of a "literary" experience. The film also features the well-known Daniel Cohn-Bendit. (10.01.2014)