Where was Jean-Luc Godard from?
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France
Leading figure of the New Wave.
💡 Did you know? Godard started as a film critic before becoming cinema's most radical innovator himself.
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Which movement did Godard lead?
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Nouvelle Vague
Young filmmakers of the 1950s.
💡 Did you know? The „Nouvelle Vague“ („New Wave“) broke all the rules: shot with a handheld camera on the street, often without a script.
What is Godard's famous debut?
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Breathless
A liberation for cinema.
💡 Did you know? His 1960 debut „Breathless“ shocked with its casual style and choppy cuts and became the manifesto of the New Wave.
What is Godard's style known for?
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jump cuts
Deliberately against smooth narration.
💡 Did you know? Godard's „jump cuts“ (deliberately jarring edits mid-scene) were seen then as taboo-breaking and became his trademark.
What kind of artist was Godard?
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radical innovator
Into old age.
💡 Did you know? „A film needs a beginning, a middle and an end: but not necessarily in that order,“ Godard quipped.
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Which director is shown here?
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Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard was a French director who, as a leader of the Nouvelle Vague, radically renewed cinema, for instance with „Breathless“.
💡 Did you know? His deliberately jarring „jump cuts“ broke all the rules of classical film editing.
In which year was Jean-Luc Godard born?
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1930
Born: 3 December 1930 in Paris
In which year did Jean-Luc Godard die?
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2022
Died: 13 September 2022 in Rolle, Switzerland, aged 91
Where was Jean-Luc Godard born?
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Paris
Born: 3 December 1930 in Paris
How old was Jean-Luc Godard at death?
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91
Died: 13 September 2022 in Rolle, Switzerland, aged 91
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