Even as he approaches 90, Jean-Luc Godard continues to be among the great innovators of world cinema. “Adieu au langage“, his first 3D film from 2014, significantly expanded the possibilities of cinema as a visual medium. Regardless of its title, “Le livre d’image“, is a ground-breaking auditory work of art. The best way to explore Godard’s new film is in the form of a multi-channel sound and image installation, which Mouson-turm is bringing to Frankfurt this fall. “Le livre d’image“, a story in sever-al chapters, for which Godard co-wrote the screenplay with film scholar and critic Nicole Brenez, is perhaps first and foremost an invitation to listen to women in history, literature, and cinema, from Joan of Arc to Marilyn Monroe, tell their stories. The screening on Wednesday, Octo-ber 30, will be preceded by a panel discussion with, among others, Vinzenz Hediger and Fabrice Aragno (Godard’s director of photography).
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Language: french OmU
30.10. at 6 p.m. Talk with Fabrice Aragno, Vinzenz Hediger and others
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Title: Le Livre d’image
Subtitle: Image et parole
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Writer: Jean-Luc Godard
Camera: Fabrice Aragno
A Swiss Production by Casa Azul Films in a co-production with Ecran Noir productions, Paris
Production: Fabrice Aragno & Mitra Farahani
Production management: Jean-Paul Battaggia
Research: Nicole Brenez
Country: Switzerland, France
In Kooperation mit dem Graduiertenkolleg „Konfigurationen des Films“ an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
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Te souviens-tu encore comment nous entrainions autrefois notre pensée ?
Le plus souvent nous partions d’un rêve …
Nous nous demandions comment dans l’obscurité totale
Peuvent surgir en nous des couleurs d’une telle intensité
D’une voix douce et faible
Disant de grandes choses
D’importantes, étonnantes, de profondes et justes choses
On dirait un mauvais rêve écrit dans une nuit d’orage
Sous les yeux de l’Occident
Les paradis perdus
La guerre est là …
IMAGE ET PAROLE
Do you still remember how long ago we trained our thoughts?
Most often we’d start from a dream…
We wondered how, in total darkness
colours of such intensity could emerge within us.
In a soft low voice
Saying great things,
Surprising, deep and accurate matters.
Like a bad dream written on a stormy night
Under western eyes
The lost paradies
War is here
IMAGE AND WORDS