Even before
Weekend opened in New York, Godard had recast himself as
though he were a character in that movie, condemning his previous work
to an auto-da-fe. Converted to the revolution by the events of May
'68, he publicly repudiated his previous career -- not to mention the
medium that nourished him.
Rimbaud abandoned poetry to run guns. So, too, Godard, although in his
case it was as though he had abandoned poetry for the idea of running
the idea of guns.
-- J. Hoberman. "Godard the Obscure: What Happened
to the Icon of '68?" a review of Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life
of Jean-Luc Godard by Richard Brody in Harpers (Oct. 2008).