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Histoire(s) du cinéma | Lettre à Freddy Buache | Soft and Hard [Soft Conversation on Hard Subjects] | JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December | 2 x 50 Years of French Cinema | Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma | Exposé du film annonce du film “Scénario” | Scénarios
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Made over ten years at the end of cinema’s first century, Jean-Luc Godard’s roving, essayistic video project is a multilayered celebration of the art form’s achievements, as well as a raging condemnation of its failure to respond and engage with turbulent times. Melding together film clips, newsreel footage, painting, music, as well as Godard’s own narration in a transfixing collage, Histoire(s) du cinéma is a passionate cri de coeur by a cinema icon entering a galvanising late period, of which many other works are included in this release. Marked by searching introspection and bold experimentation, these film and video projects evince a creative spirit continuously engaged with the question of cinema’s place in the world, and the world’s place within cinema – not least in Godard’s moving final film, Scénarios (2024), making here its world Blu-ray premiere.
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Histoire(s) du cinéma
Year: 1999
Time: 267
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
French PCM Mono 2.0
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Lettre à Freddy Buache
Year: 1983
Time: 11
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
French PCM Mono 2.0
Streaming Options
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Soft and Hard [Soft Conversation on Hard Subjects]
Year: 1985
Time: 52
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
French PCM Mono 2.0
Streaming Options
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JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December
Year: 1995
Time: 62
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
French PCM Mono 2.0
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2 x 50 Years of French Cinema
Year: 1995
Time: 51
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
French PCM Mono 2.0
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Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma
Year: 2006
Time: 84
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
French PCM Mono 2.0
Streaming information not available for this title.
Exposé du film annonce du film “Scénario”
Year: 2024
Time: 34
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
French PCM Mono 2.0
Streaming information not available for this title.
Scénarios
Year: 2024
Time: 18
Aspect Ratios
1.33:1
Audio
French PCM Mono 2.0
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Discs:
BD-50 (3 Discs)
Total: 3 Discs
Regions:
B (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
French PCM Mono 2.0
Resolution:
1080i/50
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Television Program, Short Film, Documentary, Feature Film, Introduction, Interview, Booklet
- All 8 episodes of Histoire(s) du cinéma, viewable with two optional English subtitle tracks: a narration translation, and annotated subtitles by Felicity Chaplin identifying clips and images
- Lettre à Freddy Buache - Godard's anti-film commissioned for the 500th anniversary of the Swiss city of Lausanne (1982, 11 mins)
- Soft and Hard [Soft Conversation on Hard Subjects] - creative partners Godard and Miéville discuss their work while involved in everyday tasks around their home (co-directed with Anne-Marie Miéville, 1985, 52 mins)
- JLG/JLG, autoportrait de décembre - Godard’s self-portrait documentary finds the filmmaker questioning his place in cinema history and the end of Western culture (1995, 56 mins)
- 2 x 50 Years of French Cinema - in his documentary in celebration of the centenary of cinema, Godard points the camera at himself (co-directed with Anne-Marie Miéville, 1995, 52 mins)
- Moments choisis des histoire(s) du cinéma - Godard’s re-edit of Histoire(s) du cinéma on 35mm film reorganises footage and includes unique material (2004, 83 mins)
- Exposé du film annonce du film “Scénario” - Jean-Luc Godard presents his idea for a 6-chapter feature film (2024, 36 mins)
- Scénarios - Godard’s final work (2024, 18 mins)
- New introduction by Godard expert Michael Witt (2025, 9 mins)
- New interview with Michael Witt on Godard’s magnum opus (2025, 26 mins)
- New interview with Godard collaborator Bernard Eisenschitz on the director’s working methods (2025, 13 mins)
- Extensive archival TV interview with Jean-Luc Godard on French programme Bouillon de culture (1993, 56 mins)
- Limited edition 48-page perfect bound book featuring new essays by film writers Sophia Satchell Baeza and Jawni Han, and an essay by Adrian Martin
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Histoire(s) du cinéma
Lettre à Freddy Buache
Soft and Hard [Soft Conversation on Hard Subjects]
JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema
Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma
Exposé du film annonce du film “Scénario”
Scénarios
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