From the Godard discussion list. Gloria Monti ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 15:05:53 EST From: MikePresti <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] Cc: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: godard quote In a message dated 4/4/1998 13:18:24, [log in to unmask] wrote: <<> >Can someone please give me the wording, the source, and the context of > >Godard's statement about the children of Marx and Coca cola? I'm pretty sure it was in "Masculin Feminin", about 1/2 way through... pops up as Text after recording studio stuff. As far as context, it pretty much expresses one of the underlying themes of the movie (IMHO): the strange marriage of activist politics and popular culture... oh, and Love, of course. >> Ron, I believe the quote is original to Godard (but I will research this a bit more), so I'm assuming you want information about its source in his work. Cendicot is correct, it's _Masculin Feminin_. According to the Grove Press 1969 edition of the screenplay, it follows a dialogue between Robert and Catherine at the end of Act 13, shot 171, in the following form (all of the titles are centered on the screen): 171a A title: THIS FILM COULD BE CALLED 171b A title: THE CHILDREN OF MARX COCA COLA 171c A title: UNDERSTAND WHO WILL _A shot rings out_ And Act 13 begins. (If Grove is correct, and this is not a translation of a convention in French -- the conjuction implied -- of which I am unaware, there is no "and" between MARX/COCA COLA, but rather enjambment. Considering the title of the film -- and titles and shot/scene-transitions elsewhere -- this would seem significant for interpretation.) For further information as to context and meaning, I refer you to the film. Mike ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.