I don't like Godard but I think he is the greatest filmmaker.  That may sound like a paradox but I think it is like Wilde's epigram 'I choose my enemies for their good intellects.'  I was wondering if there have been any filmmakers who have openly opposed Godard's ideas, but intelligently and not through pettiness.  I am opposed to almost everything Godard stands for but yet I enjoy watching his films and I admit the brilliance of his cinematic art.  Godard is at heart a decadent, unsurprisingly for a rich man turned socialist.  I think his jumping headfirst into Maoism and party politics is unforgivable.  