Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)

[domino harvey]

I actually did laugh, but you’re still banned

[Orlac]

Yep, he's back alright.

[hearthesilence]

It's tempting to unhide his posts, but I'm guessing it's not worth it.

[Noiretirc]

Before last week, I'd've thought Godard's death would be overshadowed by the Queen's and discussed predominately in idiosyncratic spaces. However, I've been surprised by how many people I know (who don't even get within throwing distance of the arts) have been initiating conversations with all this knowledge about this guy named Godard that they just heard of and everyone's apparently talking about in live media. It seems that he's being actively discussed in a range of podcasts and news articles and radio shows as a pioneer, which he is, but I've heard more people engaging in water-cooler talk about Godard than the Queen lately and it's very heartening.

I'm guessing your water cooler isn't in the locker room in a steel mill in Missouri or Ohio, or a Wal-Mart break room in Wyoming, or a bindery in New Mexico, or the concessions stand at Wrigley Field, because 99% of this country's population has no idea who Godard is and doesn't give fuck one about him, especially since he has a girl's first name.

I wish it weren't true.

True story: I work in a record store. When I showed up the other day I told the boss "OMG my favourite Director died". A customer in the store said "Godard?" The customer and I then had a lengthy conversation about what we consider to be his best decade. I sheepishly gave the usual "60s" answer, but I qualified it heavily by praising many of his 80s films. The customer went to great and eloquent length about his love for the 00s works!

Then he brought two vinyls to the counter: Bon Jovi and Bob Seeger.

Perhaps the vinyls were for his construction worker friend.

[Noiretirc]

(Someone will explain these screen-grabs to me, right?)

[knives]

Dom was implying the guy was lying and so the guy responded with an y tu mamma tambien joke.

[hearthesilence]

True story: I work in a record store. When I showed up the other day I told the boss "OMG my favourite Director died". A customer in the store said "Godard?" The customer and I then had a lengthy conversation about what we consider to be his best decade. I sheepishly gave the usual "60s" answer, but I qualified it heavily by praising many of his 80s films. The customer went to great and eloquent length about his love for the 00s works!

Then he brought two vinyls to the counter: Bon Jovi and Bob Seeger.

Not only would I make the case for some of Godard's '80s and '00s films, I think Seger has about three dozen cuts that I enjoy immensely, going back to his '60s days as a garage rocker. (But I don't think he's ever made a start-to-finish great album - even Night Moves has several forgettable tracks, and it only has nine tracks.)

Bon Jovi? Ick...

[Noiretirc]

Precisely!

(I watched Weekend last night. The long traffic jam scene reminded me of this thread.)

[j99]

I notice there’s a Cahiers du Cinema special on Godard. Anyone know if this can be purchased in the UK?

[Red Screamer]

Mitra Farahani's À vendredi, Robinson (2022), featuring filmed letters exchanged between Godard and Ebrahim Golestan, is available for free on Arte.tv though non-French viewers may need a VPN or something to access it.

[diamonds]

Scorsese on Godard, for Cahiers

[Stefan Andersson]

I believe Glenn Kenny, on his Some Came Running blog, inventoried the literary references in one of JLG´s last films (either Film Socialisme or The Image Book). Many thanks in advance for any pointers to where I can find a live link to this article!

Here is a list of on-screen books and magazines, soundtrack music, locations and more for Breathless:
https://www.thecinetourist.net/a-bout-d ... -film.html

[Red Screamer]

There's an alternate edit of the self-retrospective short Dans le noir du temps floating around online. It's called Sang titre and appears to have been made by Godard and Miéville in 2019 for his Cinémathèque française series, making it one of the last films he worked on.

A special version of In the Darkness of Time for viewers in Ramallah and the Gaza Strip.

The changes are minor but from what I can tell the main ones are: Le Livre d'image-style saturation/distortion of the footage, some Palestine-specific material (i.e. shots from Ici et allieurs), and the repeated phrase "the last minutes of" is now "the last hours of".

In other Godard news, MoMA's listing for À vendredi, Robinson says Godard's film Scénario is forthcoming. I hope that's not a misprint (like the date for Le Livre d'image):

Farahani is also the co-producer of Godard’s The Image Book (2022), and his forthcoming film Scénario

[hearthesilence]

The Last Days of Jean-Luc Godard (in French)

[Noiretirc]

In other Godard news, MoMA's listing for À vendredi, Robinson says Godard's film Scénario is forthcoming. I hope that's not a misprint (like the date for Le Livre d'image):

Farahani is also the co-producer of Godard’s The Image Book (2022), and his forthcoming film Scénario

That's wonderful news. Scenario, and perhaps even Funny Wars also?:

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2022/1 ... format=amp

[hearthesilence]

Richard Hell actually wrote a remembrance for Screen Slate.