This book is an analysis of the aesthetic, intellectual, and political context in which Jean-Luc Godard created his films.
The Cinema Alone features contributors from France, Britain and America who discuss Godard's recent work in the context of the entire corpus, and in relation to literature and art history, philosophy and theology, film history and silent cinema.
This volume of essays constitutes a comprehensive and interdisciplinary engagement with Jean-Luc Godard's current film and video work. Its key focus is the eight-part magnum opus Histoire(s) du cinema (1988-1998), an extraordinary experiment in film history that attempts to tell…
For the last 50 years Jean-Luc Godard's innovative cinematic and video output has provoked and inspired fans, critics and academics. Reviewing this key film and video maker, the contributors to 'For Ever Godard' provide a new context for his body of work.