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The Image Book (2018)

Movie ★ 6.3 88 min

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.

Jean-Luc Godard Director Jean-Luc Godard Writer

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Quick facts

Released
October 11, 2018
Runtime
88 min
Rating
NR
IMDb
tt5749596
Studio
Casa Azul Films, Écran noir productions, Pejman Foundation

Cast

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Band of Outsiders 1964 ★ 7.5
Faces Places 2017 ★ 7.6
Godard's Passion 1982 ★ 5.7
Resurrection 2025 ★ 7.3
Tarnation 2003 ★ 6.8
Le Plaisir 1952 ★ 7.5
Koyaanisqatsi 1983 ★ 7.9
Human 2015 ★ 8.4
Life Is Beautiful 1997 ★ 8.4
Visions of Light 1992 ★ 7.0

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Frequently asked questions

What is The Image Book about?
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.
Who directed The Image Book?
The Image Book was directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
Who stars in The Image Book?
The Image Book stars Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville, Jean-Pierre Gos, Buster Keaton.
When was The Image Book released?
The Image Book is a 2018 documentary, drama film.
Where can I watch The Image Book?
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