SCRIPT:
Jean-Luc Godard

Synopsis:
Film essay divided in two units each with two chapters:
1a Toutes les histoires, 51’
1b Une histoire seule, 42’
2a Seul le cinéma, 26’
2b Fatale beauté 28’
3a La monnaie de l'absolu, 26’
3b Une vague nouvelle, 27’
4a Le contrôle de l'univers, 27’
4b Les signes parmi nous, 37’ Synopsis: This auteur project by Godard, (he was the director, screenwriter and editor), is about film history. It tackles such themes as the invention of film media, the first use of sound, and the domination of world cinema by Hollywood, France and Italy… This unique experiment is an original and highly personal history of film. When I was a kid, they told me: “Don’t tell stories!” Later, in films, they told me: “You have to tell stories!” That is why now, with Histoire(s) du cinéma, I found a way to tell stories in my own way.(Jean-Luc Godard)

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