Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le Fou

Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le fou (1965), made at the height of the French New Wave, remains a milestone in French cinema. More accessible than his later films, it represents the diverse facets of Godard's concerns and themes: a bittersweet analysis of male-female relations; an interrogation of the image; personal and international politics; the existential dilemmas of consumer society. This volume brings together essays by five prominent scholars of French film. They approach Pierrot le fou from the perspectives of image-and-word-play, aesthetics and politics, history, and high- and popular culture. A full filmography and a selection of reviews are included.

Acknowledgments

ix

Note on References and Abbreviations

xi

List of Contributors

xiii

Introduction

Oui, bien sur...oui, bien sur

1

(22)

David Wills

The Imaginary Element: Life + Cinema

23

(20)

Richard Dienst

Pierrot in Context(s)

43

(21)

Alan Williams

Godard's Tricolor

64

(17)

Jean-Louis Leutrat

Language Gone Mad

81

(27)

Tom Conley

Pierrot le fou and Post--New Wave French Cinema

108

(25)

Jill Forbes

Filmography

133

(27)

Additional Films Cited

160

(3)

Reviews of Pierrot le fou

163

(20)

Select Bibliography

183

(2)

Index

185

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