Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc GodardA landmark biography explores the crucial resonances among the life, work, and times of one of the most influential filmmakers of our age When Jean-Luc Godard wed the ideals of filmmaking to the realities of autobiography and current events, he changed the nature of cinema. Unlike any earlier films, Godard's work shifts fluidly from fiction to documentary, from criticism to art. The man himself also projects shifting images--cultural hero, fierce loner, shrewd businessman. Hailed by filmmakers as a--if not the--key influence on cinema, Godard has entered the modern canon, a figure as mysterious as he is indispensable. In Everything Is Cinema, critic Richard Brody has amassed hundreds of interviews to demystify the elusive director and his work. Paying as much attention to Godard's technical inventions as to the political forces of the postwar world, Brody traces an arc from the director's early critical writing, through his popular success with Breathless, to the grand vision of his later years. He vividly depicts Godard's wealthy conservative family, his fluid politics, and his tumultuous dealings with women and fellow New Wave filmmakers. Everything Is Cinema confirms Godard's greatness and shows decisively that his films have left their mark on screens everywhere. |
Contents
ONE WE DO NOT THINK WE ARE THOUGHT | 1 |
TWO A MATTER OF LOVING OR DYING 25 | 25 |
THREE BREATHLESS | 53 |
FOUR LE PETIT SOLDAT | 81 |
LES CARABINIERS | 129 |
SEVEN CONTEMPT | 157 |
EIGHT MONTPparnasse et LEVALLOIS | 175 |
NINE A MARRIED WOMAN | 189 |
KNOW ABOUT HER | 273 |
SEVENTEEN RESTORATION 19731977 | 365 |
ET AL 19781979 | 397 |
NINETEEN SAUVE QUI PEUT LA VIE | 417 |
TWENTYTHREE King Lear | 491 |
TWENTYFOUR HISTOIRES DU CINÉMA PART 1 | 509 |
TWENTYFIVE Nouvelle VagUE | 519 |
TWENTYSEVEN HÉLAS POUR MOI JLGJLG HISTOIRES | 545 |
TEN THE AMERICAN BUSINESS | 211 |
ELEVEN ALPHAVILLE | 223 |
TWELVE PIERROT LE FOU | 237 |
THIRTEEN MASCULINE FEMININE | 253 |
TWENTYEIGHT FOR EVER MOZART HISTOIRES | 565 |
TWENTYNINE ELOGE DE LAMOUR | 585 |
THIRTY NOTRE MUSIQUE | 609 |
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