The Image Book(2018)
Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song.
Synopsis
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.
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
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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)
Eddie Constantine
(archive footage)
Roberto Cobo
(archive footage)
Danielle Darrieux
(archive footage)
Josette Day
(archive footage)
Jacques Perconte
(archive footage)
Gaby Bruyère
(archive footage)
Jean Galland
(archive footage)
Dimitri Basil
(archive footage)
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When did The Image Book come out?+
The Image Book was released in 2018.
How long is The Image Book?+
The Image Book runs for 88 minutes (1 hour and 28 minutes).
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 and Jean Gabin.
Is The Image Book worth watching?+
The Image Book holds a 6.3/10 rating from 86 TMDB users, and is best suited to fans of documentary and drama.
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