Critical Writing Index

The Bastard of television

by Mike Hoolboom

POV, Summer 2000, no. 40, pp. 20-22

This magazine article ruminates on Jean-Luc Godard's hostile relationship to television and his relentless attacks on the hosts and guests he has appeared with when invited onto TV talk shows. The author wonders if this antagonistic relationship makes for great television and what the future of documentaries on TV will be.

ITEM 2000.130 – available for viewing in the Research Centre