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General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Aruntraveller on September 13, 2022, 11:23:34 AM

Title: Jean-Luc Godard dies
Post by: Aruntraveller on September 13, 2022, 11:23:34 AM

By any standards a hugely impressive director:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/13/jean-luc-godard-giant-of-the-french-new-wave-dies-at-91

Title: Re: Jean-Luc Godard dies
Post by: Steve H on September 13, 2022, 11:35:56 AM

He's boldly gone where... oops, wrong Jean-Luc.

Title: Re: Jean-Luc Godard dies
Post by: Nearly Sane on September 13, 2022, 12:28:08 PM

I love his 60s stuff. I remember watching Alphaville on a 12" B&W portable, occasionally having to tweak the aerial, entranced. But I have to admit as time past I found less and less in his later work. It seems that in some ways it might have been easier to reinvent cinema than reinvent himself. But, perhaps time for a revisit.

Breathless is one of the all time great directorial debuts.

Title: Re: Jean-Luc Godard dies
Post by: Nearly Sane on September 13, 2022, 12:39:22 PM

Quote from: Steve H on September 13, 2022, 11:35:56 AM

He's boldly gone where... oops, wrong Jean-Luc.

Little known fact: the 'Make it so' command from Picard was Patrick Stewart's tribute to Godard after he noticed the name similarity and knew that Godard often used the term 'Facilitons cela' when directing.

Title: Re: Jean-Luc Godard dies
Post by: Nearly Sane on September 13, 2022, 05:02:33 PM

In pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2022/sep/13/jean-luc-godard-a-life-in-pictures

Title: Re: Jean-Luc Godard dies
Post by: Gordon on September 13, 2022, 05:11:05 PM

He opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62886470