Godard On Godard by Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard, like many of his European contemporaries, came to filmmaking through film criticism. This collection of essays and interviews, ranging from his early efforts for La Gazette du Cinéma to his later writings for Cahiers du Cinéma, reflects his dazzling intelligence, biting wit, maddening judgments, and complete unpredictability. In writing about Hitchcock, Welles, Bergman, Truffaut, Bresson, and Renoir, Godard is also writing about himself,his own experiments, obsessions, discoveries. This book offers evidence that he may be even more original as a thinker about film than as a director. Covering the period of 1950-1967, the years of Breathless, A Woman Is a Woman, My Life to Live, Alphaville, La Chinoise, and Weekend, this book of writings is an important document and a fascinating study of a vital stage in Godard's career. With commentary by Tom Milne and Richard Roud, and an extensive new foreword by Annette Michelson that reassesses Godard in light of his later films, here is an outrageous self-portrait by a director who, even now, continues to amaze and bedevil, and to chart new directions for cinema and for critical thought about its history.From his first feature-length film, A Bout de Souffle (Breathless), Jean-Luc Godard, one of the founding fathers of the French New Wave, has been an influential force in film. Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, Jim Jarmusch, Wim Wenders, Steven Soderbergh, and Quentin Tarantino are just a few of the contemporary filmmakers who have benefited from his impact.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780306802591 |
| ISBN 10 | 0306802597 |
| Title | Godard On Godard |
| Author | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hachette Books |
| Year published | 1986-03-22 |
| Number of pages | 300 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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