Jean-Luc Godard

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Jean-Luc Godard (born 3 December 1930) is a French filmmaker and one of the most influential members of the Nouvelle Vague, or "French New Wave". Born to Franco-Swiss parents in Paris, he was educated in Nyon, Switzerland, later studying at the Lycée Rohmer, and the Sorbonne in Paris, where he studied ethnology. During his time at the Sorbonne, he became involved with the young group of filmmakers and film theorists that gave birth to the New Wave. Known for stylistic implementations that challenged, at their focus, the conventions of Hollywood cinema, he became universally recognized as the most audacious and radical of the New Wave filmmakers. He adopted a position in filmmaking that was unambiguously political. His work reflected a fervent knowledge of film history, a comprehensive understanding of existential and Marxist philosophy, and a scholarly disposition that placed him as the lone filmmaker among the public intellectuals of the Rive Gauche. The first and most celebrated period roughly spanned from his first feature, Breathless (1960), through to Week End (1967) and focused on narrative and somewhat conventional works that often refer to different aspects of film history. This cinematic period stands in contrast to the revolutionary period that immediately followed it, during which Godard ideologically denounced much of cinema’s history as "bourgeois" and therefore without merit. Films After seeing Orson Welles' Touch of Evil at the Expo 58, Godard was influenc

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Une femme est une femme (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Bandes Originales Des Films De Jean-Luc Godard

Histoire(s) Du Cinéma

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Nouvelle Vague (Complete Soundtrack)

Les écrans sonores de Jean-Luc Godard

Nouvelle Vague

Les Écrans sonores de Jean-Luc Godard

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Histoire(s) du cinéma (Complete Soundtrack)

Jean-Luc Godard: Histoire(s) du cinéma

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