Synopsis
“
Godard and
Gorin’s take on the trial of the Chicago Seven trial, shot in their editing suite, with actors declaiming their roles as
Hoffman,
Seale,
Dellinger et al. against primary colored walls. When financier and Grove Press publisher
Barney Rosset saw
Vladimir and Rosa, he was shocked and deeply offended by the irreverence with which
Godard and
Gorin had treated his heroes. He screened it for Abbie
Hoffman and
Jerry Rubin, filmed them as they watched and caterwauled at the screen, and edited them into the movie (some of those prints have survived).” – Film Society of Lincoln Centre