The Image Book (2018)
Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song.
In Le Livre d’Image, Jean-Luc Godard recycles existing images (films, documentaries, paintings, television archives, etc.), quotes excerpts from books, uses fragments of music. The driving force is poetic rhyme, the association or opposition of ideas, the aesthetic spark through editing, the keystone. The author performs the work of a sculptor. The hand, for this, is essential. He praises it at the start. “There are the five fingers. The five senses. The five parts of the world (…). The true condition of man is to think with his hands. Jean-Luc Godard composes a dazzling syncopation of sequences, the surge of which evokes the violence of the flows of our contemporary screens, taken to a level of incandescence rarely achieved. Crowned at Cannes, the last Godard is a shock film, with twilight beauty.
Cast
- Jean-Luc Godard - Narrator (voice)
- Anne-Marie Miéville - Narrator (voice)
- Jean-Pierre Gos - Narrator (voice)
- Buster Keaton - (archive footage)
- Jean Gabin - (archive footage)
- Douglas Fairbanks - (archive footage)
- Jean Marais - (archive footage)
- Jean Cocteau - (archive footage)
- Wallace Beery - (archive footage)
- Jules Berry - (archive footage)
Screenplay
Keywords
experimental cinema, jean-luc godard
Trailer
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is The Image Book about?
- In Le Livre d’Image, Jean-Luc Godard recycles existing images (films, documentaries, paintings, television archives, etc.), quotes excerpts from books, uses fragments of music. The driving force is poetic rhyme, the association or opposition of ideas, the aesthetic spark through editing, the keystone. The author performs the work of a sculptor. The hand, for this, is essential. He praises it at the start. “There are the five fingers. The five senses. The five parts of the world (…). The true condition of man is to think with his hands. Jean-Luc Godard composes a dazzling syncopation of sequences, the surge of which evokes the violence of the flows of our contemporary screens, taken to a level of incandescence rarely achieved. Crowned at Cannes, the last Godard is a shock film, with twilight beauty.
- Who directed The Image Book?
- The Image Book was directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
- Who stars in The Image Book?
- The Image Book stars Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville, Jean-Pierre Gos, Buster Keaton, Jean Gabin, Douglas Fairbanks.
- How long is The Image Book?
- The Image Book has a runtime of 1h 28m (88 minutes).
- What genre is The Image Book?
- The Image Book is a Documentary, Drama film.
- Where was The Image Book produced?
- The Image Book was produced in France, Switzerland.