Cahiers du cinéma No. 171 - October 1965

This issue of the French film magazine heavily features Jean-Luc Godard, with articles including "Pierrot mon ami" by Godard himself, an interview about "Pierrot le fou", and a critical piece on the film. It also covers the Venice Film Festival of 1965, including interviews with Arthur Penn, Zoltan Fabri, and Luchino Visconti, and a review of various films presented there, such as *Alphaville*, *Repulsion*, and *Shakespeare Wallah*. Additionally, there are profiles and analyses of filmmakers like Pier Paolo Pasolini, Samuel Fuller, and William Wyler. A special section entitled "Six Paris contés", focuses on a series of short films about Paris by Claude Chabrol, Jean Douchet, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Eric Rohmer, Jean Rouch, and Jean-Luc Godard and covers in detail the production and aesthetic philosophies behind them. The magazine concludes with a defense of Jean-Marie Straub's *Nicht Versöhnt* and a critical analysis of the Berlin Film Festival.