In this study, David Sterritt offers an introductory overview of Godard's work as a filmmaker, critic, and video artist. In subsequent chapters, he traces Godard's visionary ideas through six of his key films, including Breathless, My Life to Live, Weekend, Numéro deux, Hail Mary, and Nouvelle vague. Also included is a concise analysis of Godard's work in video, television, and mixed-media formats. Linking Godard's works to key social and cultural developments, The Films of Jean-Luc Godard explains their importance in modernist and postmodernist art of the past half century.
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"...Sterritt's book provides just the guidance that a curious but less-than-full-time filmgoer will need in approaching this difficult, unpopular and absolutely essential body of work." The Nation
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In this study, David Sterritt offers an introductory overview of Godard's work as a filmmaker, critic, and video artist. In subsequent chapters, he traces Godard's visionary ideas through six of his key films, incluing Breathless, My Life to Live, Weekend, Numéro deux, Hail Mary, and Nouvelle Vague. Also included is a concise analysis of Godard's work in video, television, and mixed-media formats. Linking Godard's works to key social and cultural developments, The Films of Jean-Luc Godard explains their importance in modernist and postmodernist art of the last half century.
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Godard is a hard nut to crack open and dissect his aims and thoughts.
I think Mr. Sterritt has accomplished all that. Sometimes (the last two chapters) it's hard to proceed when the text is hard to grasp, but eventually after a couple of reviews one finally gets it (I think). Anyway it's a very rewarding experience !
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Mention the films and videos of Jean-Luc Godard, and superlatives will flow from his admirers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Hail Mary, Nouvelle Vague, Dziga-Vertov Group, The Little Soldier, First Name, Jean-Luc Godard, Anna Karina, King Lear, United States, Lemmy Caution, Married Woman, Jean Seberg, Myriem Roussel, Angela Dalle Vacche, Eddie Constantine, Jean Yanne, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Lincoln Center, Nicholas Ray, One Plus One, Stan Brakhage, Tom Thumb, William Faulkner, Ave Maria, Cannes International Film Festival New!
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Mention the films and videos of Jean-Luc Godard, and superlatives will flow from his admirers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
anthology film, filmmaking process Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hail Mary, Nouvelle Vague, Dziga-Vertov Group, The Little Soldier, First Name, Jean-Luc Godard, Anna Karina, King Lear, United States, Lemmy Caution, Married Woman, Jean Seberg, Myriem Roussel, Angela Dalle Vacche, Eddie Constantine, Jean Yanne, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Lincoln Center, Nicholas Ray, One Plus One, Stan Brakhage, Tom Thumb, William Faulkner, Ave Maria, Cannes International Film Festival New!
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- Godard on Godard by Jean-Luc Godard on 11 pages
- Jean-Luc Godard: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers) by David Sterritt on 9 pages
- A Woman Is a Woman by Jean Luc Godard on 8 pages
- For Ever Mozart (French Edition) by Jean-Luc Godard on 7 pages
- Godard; images, sounds, politics (British Film Institute cinema series) by Colin MacCabe on 6 pages
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- The Coen Brothers' Fargo (Cambridge Film Handbooks) by William G. Luhr in Front Matter
- The French New Wave: An Artistic School by Michel Marie in Back Matter
- Godard: A Portrait of the Artist at Seventy by Colin MacCabe in Back Matter
- The Abject Object: Avatars of the Phallus in Contemporary French Theory, Literature and Film (Chiasma 17) by Keith Reader in Back Matter
- French Cinema: A Student's Guide by Phil Powrie in Back Matter
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