David Thomson reached a similar conclusion, writing that "Godard's greatness rests in his grasping of the idea that films are made of moving images, of moments from films, of images projected in front of audiences" but that "He knows only cinema: on politics and real life he is childish and pretentious." Still, Thomson calls Godard's early films "a magnificent critical explanation of American movies" and "one of the inescapable bodies of work" and deserving of retrospectives. Thomson included Pierrot le Fou on his Sight & Sound list. Political activist, critic and filmmaker Tariq Ali listed Godard's film Tout Va Bien as one of his ten favorite films of all time in the 2012 Sight and Sound critics' poll. American film critic Armond White listed Godard's film Nouvelle Vague as one of his top ten favorite films in the same poll. Susan Sontag called Vivre sa vie "one of the most extraordinary, beautiful and original works of art I know of." Four of Godard's films are included on the 2022 edition of the Sight and Sound list of 100 Greatest Films: Breathless (38), Le Mépris (54), Histoire(s) du cinéma (78) and Pierrot le Fou (85).
David Thomson reached a similar conclusion, writing that "Godard's greatness rests in his grasping of the idea that films are made of moving images, of moments from films of images projecte,d in front of audiences" but that "He knows only cinema: on politics and real life he is childish and pretentious." Still Thomson calls Godard's early films "a magnificent critical explanation of American movies" and "one of ,the inescapable bodies of work" and deserving of retrospectives Thomson included Pierrot le Fou on his Sight & Sound list. Political activist, critic and filmmaker Tar,iq Ali listed Godard's film Tout Va Bien as one of his ten favorite films of all time in the 2012 Sight and Sound critics' poll. American film critic Armond White listed Godard's film Nouvelle Vague as one of his top ten favorite films in the same poll. Susan Sontag called Vivre sa vie "one of the most extraordinary beautiful and original works of art I know of." Four of Godard's films are included on the 2022 edition of the Sight and Sound list of 100 Greatest Films: Breathless (38), Le Mépris (54), Histoire(s) du cinéma (78) and Pierrot le Fou (85).