User talk:Alexknowles

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Nice work on the Godard expansion; there's lots of French New Wave authors directors who need help if this happens to be an area of interest for you. I'd like to caution you about two Wikipedia policies you're skirting, though: No original research and Neutral point of view. Statements like "Pierrot le fou is considered to be Godard’s most complete work cinematically" and "The term revolutionary, however, gives a more accurate impression than any other," though they may be wholly accurate, stake out a critical position that's not quite appropriate for Wikipedia; the best way to include these statements would be by citing a specific critic or group of critics that holds the particular position (unless you can demonstrate a critical consensus on the issue, which would require even more citation).

These cavils aside, I very much like your expansion and your prose style. Nice work, and I hope I'll see you on some other film articles soon! Feel free to contact me if there's anything you need, --Dvyost 04:26, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

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