The Image Book

"Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song."

2018 1h 28m FR

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★6.3TMDB · 86

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Synopsis

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In Le Livre d’Image, Jean-Luc Godard recycles existing images (films, documentaries, paintings, television archives, etc.), quotes excerpts from books, uses fragments of music. The driving force is poetic rhyme, the association or opposition of ideas, the aesthetic spark through editing, the keystone. The author performs the work of a sculptor. The hand, for this, is essential. He praises it at the start. “There are the five fingers. The five senses. The five parts of the world (…). The true condition of man is to think with his hands. Jean-Luc Godard composes a dazzling syncopation of sequences, the surge of which evokes the violence of the flows of our contemporary screens, taken to a level of incandescence rarely achieved. Crowned at Cannes, the last Godard is a shock film, with twilight beauty.

“Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song.”

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Cast

Jean-Luc Godard
Narrator (voice)
Anne-Marie Miéville
Narrator (voice)
Jean-Pierre Gos
Narrator (voice)
Buster Keaton
(archive footage)
Jean Gabin
(archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks
(archive footage)
Jean Marais
(archive footage)
Jean Cocteau
(archive footage)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Writers: Jean-Luc Godard
Languages: English, Arabic, French
Countries: France, Switzerland, Iran

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Arabic, French.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: France, Switzerland, Iran.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Jean-Luc Godard shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville and Jean-Pierre Gos carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5749596 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jean-Luc Godard directs. Jean-Luc Godard cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France, Switzerland, Iran. Dialogue in English, Arabic, French.

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Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 8 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Arabic, French.
4International production across 3 countries: France, Switzerland, Iran.
5Editor Jean-Luc Godard shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville and Jean-Pierre Gos carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song.".
8IMDB entry: tt5749596 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 86 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.