Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
At the time of his death in September 2022, Jean-Luc Godard had been in the midst of planning another feature, an adaptation of Belgian author Charles Plisnier’s 1937 novel Faux Passports. Though the film was never produced, the intricate and beautiful “trailer” that Godard put together in preparation now stands as his final work, a complex collage of history, politics, and cinema constructed of paper and glue, paintings and photographs, sound and silence. Godard often transformed his synopses into aesthetic programs. His swan song follows in this tradition and will remain as the ultimate gesture of cinema, which he accompanies with the following text: “Rejecting the billions of alphabetic diktats to liberate the incessant metamorphoses and metaphors of a necessary and true language by returning to the locations of past film shoots, while keeping track of modern times.”
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Venue | City | State | Date |
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Brattle Theatre | Cambridge | MA | 1697169600October 13 - October 15, 2023 |
Cleveland Cinematheque | Cleveland | OH | 1696046400September 30, 2023 |
Film Forum | New York | NY | 1702616400December 15 - December 21, 2023 |
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema | Toronto | ON | 1698984000November 3 - November 10, 2023 |
Laemmle Theatres | Los Angeles | CA | 1702616400December 15 - December 21, 2023 |
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | Houston | TX | 1694923200September 17, 2023 |
SIFF Film Center | Seattle | WA | 1695614400September 25, 2023 |
Webster University Film Series | St. Louis | MO | 1694750400September 15 - September 17, 2023 |