FILM LECTURE:

EVERYTHING IS CINEMA – THE FILMIC ALCHEMY OF JEAN-LUC GODARD

In Everything Is Cinema: The Filmic Alchemy of Jean-Luc Godard, film critic Kevin Toma (De Volkskrant) takes the audience on a surprising journey through Godard’s fascinating body of work. This film lecture coincides with the re-release of Godard’s “neo-realist” musical Une Femme Est Une Femme.

Don’t expect a straightforward biography, but rather a whirlwind tour of brilliant scenes and images—from the jump cuts of À bout de souffle to the surreal traffic jam in Week-end, from the slow-motion beauty of Sauve qui peut (la vie) to the mind-bending 3D experiments of Adieu au langage. What is the most beautiful scene Godard ever shot with his muse Anna Karina—and what is the funniest? Each fragment reveals, in its own way (visually, sonically, and emotionally), the scope of Godard’s genius, and why it makes sense to speak of a cinema before him—and one after.