Having railed against the world's follies for almost 50 years, Jean-Luc Godard's weariness with modernity makes for somewhat dispiriting viewing in this Dante-esque treatise on our intellectual and moral bankruptcy.
As Jewish journalist Sarah Adler meanders through a Sarajevo literary conference, she hears more urbane discussions of conflict than any feasible solutions to the crises facing the world. Plus, as the opening montage of war and the dazzling experimental imagery proves, Godard still has a more radical approach to filmmaking than any wunderkind armed with the latest gadgetry.