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Read More »Jean-Luc Godard Didn't Just Reinvent the Cinematic Canon — He Transformed How We Engage With Movies
The inarguably true cliché about Jean-Luc Godard was that the late filmmaker, who died this week at the age of 91, was a rule-breaker, an artist whose style changed the course of film history by revealing the medium for everything it had already been and pointing to the future of …
Read More »Jean-Luc Godard, 'Breathless' Director and French New Wave Icon, Dead at 91
Jean-Luc Godard, the father of modern cinema whose impish, combative provocations threw down a gauntlet with which all those who came in his wake must contend, died Tuesday. He was 91. The director died at his home by assisted suicide in Rolle, Switzerland, where that practice is legal, Godard’s longtime …
Read More »Emmanuel Macron, Edgar Wright, Paul Feig React to Death of 'Iconoclast' Filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard
Tributes are flowing in following the news of iconic New Wave filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard‘s death at 91. The French-Swiss director, known for films like Breathless and Alphaville, died Tuesday, according to newspaperLibérationand other French media outlets, citing relatives of the director. The impact of Godard’s work has been vast, including …
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