Jean-Luc Godard

[Romolo]

Zoetrope co-produced Sauve qui peut (la vie). I'm pretty sure that was the extent of the relationship.

Coppola also wanted Godard to direct Hammet, which Wenders eventually directed.

Could you please mention the source you rely on to assert that Coppola asked Godard to direct Hammett?

[Altair]

I'm pretty sure that's in Peter Cowie's book on Coppola, published by Faber.

[Romolo]

I'm pretty sure that's in Peter Cowie's book on Coppola, published by Faber.

Thank you Altair, but I think that in Peter Cowie's book, it's Truffaut and not Godard who his is mentioned in the paragraphs on Hammett.

[Red Screamer]

Anne Wiazemsky writes about Godard's meetings with Lennon (and she herself having tea with McCartney under the conference table) in her book Un an après.

Only now realizing the irony: Godard repeatedly mentions in interviews that his long-unfulfilled ambition before making films was to become a novelist for prestigious French publisher Gallimard...which is exactly what Wiazemsky accomplished after giving up acting, and with great success.

[beamish14]

I'm pretty sure that's in Peter Cowie's book on Coppola, published by Faber.

I don’t think Godard was actually on Zoetrope’s payroll like Michael Powell and David Lynch, but he observed some of the making of One From the Heart and I think wanted to make a documentary about it

[Altair]

I'm pretty sure that's in Peter Cowie's book on Coppola, published by Faber.

Thank you Altair, but I think that in Peter Cowie's book, it's Truffaut and not Godard who his is mentioned in the paragraphs on Hammett.

Thank you! I didn't have my copy to hand to double-check.

[accatone]

Anne Wiazemsky writes about Godard's meetings with Lennon (and she herself having tea with McCartney under the conference table) in her book Un an après.

Only now realizing the irony: Godard repeatedly mentions in interviews that his long-unfulfilled ambition before making films was to become a novelist for prestigious French publisher Gallimard...which is exactly what Wiazemsky accomplished after giving up acting, and with great success.

Histoires du Cinema is with Gallimard as well - the quatre volumes first edition is beautiful. Just for thr record…

Short question: Is there a transcript or subtitled version of Godards segment from the 3x3D anthology film available somewhere? The film itself is on youtube -

[domino harvey]

There are definitely subs around for it. Have you looked on OpenSubtitles?

[accatone]

Thanks D. - will dig into this! I thought i remembered a DVD but was not able to track one down. Faux memory i guess.

[Red Screamer]

Cannes Classics 2024.

Including the news: two more “final” Godard films announced, a short film and a scénario film for the short (as he’s done before).

[Stefan Andersson]

JLG´s Scénarios - trailer w/ English subs; DoP Fabrice Aragno on making the film:
https://www.festival-cannes.com/2024/sc ... uc-godard/

[Stefan Andersson]

"Impossible scenario, the death of Virgil", a documentary about "Scénarios" by producer Mitra Farahani:
https://ventura.gal/en/project/impossib ... e-virgile/

[Red Screamer]

I just read the first volume of Godard par Godard and I made a Letterboxd list with all of the films he recommends in his early criticism (up through July 1959).

I thought it was funny that the interviews with Rossellini and Renoir were marked as fabricated, but the interview with Reichenbach happens to attribute to the filmmaker the same tastes as Godard the critic, often repeated in his reviews—the great films which tend toward documentary: Eisenstein’s unfinished Que Viva Mexico, Murnau’s Tabu, Welles’ unfinished It’s All True, and Rossellini’s not-yet released India. I would guess the interview is based on something that actually took place, since there’s detailed information on Reichenbach’s upcoming films, but surely that’s a canon (plus a passing reference to Logan’s Bus Stop) too unusual for multiple people to share, unless the two were closer friends than I’ve heard.

[domino harvey]

Interesting list. The inclusion of Rouch's Jaguar refers to a working, non-commercial version noted by Cahiers as Jaguar (en cours de montage) (1953-1955). The finished 1967 film you've linked consists of this material and subsequent material filmed later

[Red Screamer]

Right, I’ll make a note of that. Thanks!