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Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux

Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 21, 2014

Runtime

0h 9m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

63%

Original Title

Khan Khanne, sélection naturelle

Director

Jean-Luc Godard

Description

Rather than writing a simple letter to explain his absence from the press conference for his latest Cannes entry, "Goodbye to Language," at the Cannes Film Festival, instead, legendary filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard created a video "Letter in motion to (Cannes president) Gilles Jacob and (artistic director) Thierry Fremaux." The video intercuts from Godard speaking cryptically about his "path" to key scenes from Godard classics such as "Alphaville" and "King Lear" with Burgess Meredith and Molly Ringwald, and quotes poet Jacques Prevert and philosopher Hannah Arendt.