Film tip: There's a running gag in Le Redoutable that's too funny to give away. (And why I finally want to see Godard's La Chinoise)

Is it OK to joke about Godard? Jean-Luc Godard, the famed filmmaker who was one of the instigators of the French nouvelle vague in the 1960s. Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) has him played by Louis Garrel in his Godard biopic Le Redoutable. An ode, yes, but made with guts and, to my great relief, also liberating irony and brilliant tragicomedy liberated. There is even a slapstick-like running gag that is too much fun to give away. But it seems da...