GODARD..NO MORE!

Legend of French New Wave Cinema..Jean-Luc Godard!

The last living legend from the pioneers of French New Wave Cinema.. Jean-Luc Godard passed away day before yesterday at the age of 91!

 

Godard filming 'Breathless' (1960) with cameraman Raoul Coutard!

"Films should have a Beginning, a Middle, and an End”; “Yes, But not necessarily in that order!”
....By saying this, the French-Swiss filmmaker Godard broke conventional process of filmmaking and developed his revolutionary style!

In this he worked in nonlinear narrative structure, used a handheld camera & jump cuts. His films like first internationally acclaimed 'Breathless' (1960) and 'Le Mepris' (1963) showed this effectively!

In his almost 60 years of long film career Godard made about 45 films upto 'The Image Book' (2018). He received various prestigious awards in festivals like 'Cannes' and got Honorary 'Oscar'!

I wrote a lot on Godard and a decade ago I published special issue of my 'Chitrasrushti' on entire New Wave Cinema!

Homage to this genius!!

- Manoj Kulkarni