This was released in 2001 (with only Japanese subs).Oedipax wrote:When did the Japanese Histoire(s) come out?
Jean-Luc Godard
- duane hall
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Sauve qui peut (la vie) (Jean-Luc Godard, 1980)
A new 35mm print of Godard's Sauve qui peut la vie plays at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago on Friday, January 13, 6:00 pm and Tuesday, January 17, 6:00 pm. Its being shown as part of an Isabelle Huppert retrospective.
Hopefully this'll soon circulate to other film centers and ultimately DVD.
Hopefully this'll soon circulate to other film centers and ultimately DVD.
- justeleblanc
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Great news!!!! Is it a New Yorker title?A new 35mm print of Godard's Sauve qui peut la vie plays at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago
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I really appreciate the heads up Duane, I will definitely be checking this out on Tuesday. I had never heard of this but am really looking forward to it after reading this Dave Kehr capsule.A new 35mm print of Godard's Sauve qui peut la vie plays at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago
I've probably seen about a dozen Godard films now and at this point I feel like each one is better than the last, enriching and enriched by the one's I had seen before it. I have really enjoyed the 70's Godards I have seen (Tout Va Bien, Ici et ailleurs, Comment ca va?) and films from his most recent stage, but haven't seen anything in between (80's, early 90's). I have been very curious to see how the progression from films like Comment Ca Va? to a film like Notre Musique took place. Judging by the Kehr capsule this looks like the perfect place for me to start filling in that gap. Any thoughts or comments from someone familiar with this film?
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I haven't had the pleasure of seeing this one yet, but I do have it preordered from Benson's World (Artificial Eye is putting it out later this month). Hopefully it's as good as their release of Weekend.A new 35mm print of Godard's Sauve qui peut la vie plays at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago
Edit: One possible point of concern - does anyone know the OAR? AE lists the DVD as being 16x9 enhanced, and from what I understand the vast majority of Godard's post-68 work is ideally framed for 1.37:1, although it has been projected otherwise. The stills from the film in Colin MacCabe's bio are 1.37:1 as well, damn.
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It's terribly frustrating that I can't make either of these screenings, but that's how things go.A new 35mm print of Godard's Sauve qui peut la vie plays at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago
The aspect ratio is subject to argument. James Quandt and others are pretty confident that all of Godard's work from the late 70's onward is 1.37 (though Godard himself told Quandt that In Praise of Love should be 1.66) even though, as Oedipax said, many of them were not projected this way upon release. I haven't been able to find anything concrete about this particular film. Artificial Eye's VHS (which I have seen on DVD-R) was full frame and everything looked perfectly composed to me. But the e-mail I received from Artificial Eye in regards to their Weekend disc shows that they really do their homework when it comes to uncertainties like this, so if they're sure about this then I would give it a shot. If anyone here attends the Film Center screening I'd be interested to know how they chose to project it. They seem pretty meticulous most of the time.
This isn't one of my favorite Godard films, but it's certainly enjoyable and it's indispensable if you're trying to get a good handle on the progression of his style. On its own it's an interesting and often funny examination of different sorts of sexual relationships and how people respond differently to change (or change internally as a result of external stagnation). I only watched it once and it's been a while, so there's a lot I can't recall too particularly. The score is one of the strangest for a Godard film -- synth strings and tinkling new age electric piano, it often sounds like elevator music, until the very last shot of the film when Godard and Gabriel Yared (this was his first score) do something really unexpected and (I thought) hilarious with it.
New bit of info on the aspect ratio. AE's 4:3 VHS release was not open matte but pan-and-scan.
VHS:
DVD:
- zedz
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Interesting. Surely this comparison calls into question the assumption that Godard's default is 1.37, as the wretched VHS image is clearly derived from a widescreen original, not open matte. Can anybody provide similar comparisons for other multi-ratio Godards?New bit of info on the aspect ratio. AE's 4:3 VHS release was not open matte but pan-and-scan.
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Anyone know what this could be? Not much to go on besides catalogue # and ASIN.
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I asked this question on another link in this forum and here is the answer.
Breathless (1959), La Chinoise (1967), Detective (1985), Eloge de l'Amour (2001) and Notre Musique (2004), according to Movie Mail.
Breathless (1959), La Chinoise (1967), Detective (1985), Eloge de l'Amour (2001) and Notre Musique (2004), according to Movie Mail.
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Centre Pompidou's massive exhibition catalogue "Jean-Luc Dodard: Documents" will include a DVD with 3 extremely rare films and 2 commercials.
According to an email by a Godardian who had got an extensive publicity booklet from Centre Pompidou covering the super Godard event, the DVD will include LETTER TO FREDDY BUACHE, MEETIN' WA, ON S'EST TOUS DEFILE, PUBLICITES CLOSED and PUBLICITES METAMORPHOJEAN
The printed material is at least as exciting as the DVD news:
There is an incredible difference between the amazon.fr and alapage pre-order prices, so i STRONGLY advice ordering through amazon.fr:Parmi les documents reproduits : Synopsis de Vivre sa vie
- Documents de tournage de Pierrot le fou
- Rêve d'une grande société française de cinéma
- Pièce source et scénario des Carabiniers
- Journal de tournage de La Chinoise (extraits)
- Philippe Garrel : Godard et ses émules
- Livre du Gai Savoir (extraits)
- Synopsis de British Sounds
- Lettre àl'éditeur du scénario de Vent d'Est
- Scénario de Vladimir et Rosa
- Manifeste et cahier de tournage de Jusqu'àla victoire (extraits)
- Quatre articles de " J'accuse "
- Manifeste " Que faire ? "
- Synopsis de Tout va Bien
- Scénario non-réalisé " Moi Je "
- Deux lettres àHenri Langlois
- Épisode abandonné de 6 fois 2 (Sur et sous la communication)
- " From the Workshop : an Open Letter to ZDF Television from Jean-Luc Godard " [Lettre ouverte àZDF]
- France tour détour deux enfants. Déclaration àl'intention des héritiers
- Soft and Hard : documents de production
- Press-book Sauve qui peut (la vie)
- Refus du projet pour le 700° anniversaire de la Confédération Suisse
- Allemagne année 90 Neuf Zéro, note d'intention
- Scénarios de Hélas pour moi (extraits)
- Scènes coupées de For Ever Mozart
- Cinq lettres àet sur Rob Tregenza
- Rencontre avec René Vautier
- Notre musique, projet de film
- Documents préparatoires àl'exposition " Collages de France "...
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ripped from the godard discussion group page indicating some more tie in releases -
Wow, I just got an extensive publicity booklet from Centre Pompidou covering the super Godard event. There are no fewer than 6 new books about JLG being launched, including the DOCUMENTS book which is the massive exhibition catalogue or complement, Bergala's GODARD AT WORK, Marc Cerisuelo's LE MEPRIS and Gallimard's all-in-one-volume HISTOIRES DU CINEMA book.
Then there are the DVDs! In DOCUMENTS there is a DVD containing '3 films and 2 advertising series' - LETTER TO FREDDY BUACHE, MEETIN' WA, ON S'EST TOUS DEFILE, PUBLICITES CLOSED and PUBLICITES METAMORPHOJEAN.
ECM is brining out a DVD containing ORIGIN OF THE 21ST CENTURY, LIBERTE ET PATRIE & JE VOUS SALUE SARAJEVO.
HISTOIRE(S) DU CINEMA is finally coming out through Gaumont, and ONE PLUS ONE is on the Carlotta label.
And for all those lucky people hanging out in Paris for the duration, they can see screenings of the 'complete works' - including the new works such as TRUE-FALSE PASSPORT - equalling 140 separate titles between April 21 and August 14. There are also a great many docos, TV chat-shows, etc, that have featured Godard down the years.
And, finally, the huge installation/exhibition itself !!!!!
Wow, I just got an extensive publicity booklet from Centre Pompidou covering the super Godard event. There are no fewer than 6 new books about JLG being launched, including the DOCUMENTS book which is the massive exhibition catalogue or complement, Bergala's GODARD AT WORK, Marc Cerisuelo's LE MEPRIS and Gallimard's all-in-one-volume HISTOIRES DU CINEMA book.
Then there are the DVDs! In DOCUMENTS there is a DVD containing '3 films and 2 advertising series' - LETTER TO FREDDY BUACHE, MEETIN' WA, ON S'EST TOUS DEFILE, PUBLICITES CLOSED and PUBLICITES METAMORPHOJEAN.
ECM is brining out a DVD containing ORIGIN OF THE 21ST CENTURY, LIBERTE ET PATRIE & JE VOUS SALUE SARAJEVO.
HISTOIRE(S) DU CINEMA is finally coming out through Gaumont, and ONE PLUS ONE is on the Carlotta label.
And for all those lucky people hanging out in Paris for the duration, they can see screenings of the 'complete works' - including the new works such as TRUE-FALSE PASSPORT - equalling 140 separate titles between April 21 and August 14. There are also a great many docos, TV chat-shows, etc, that have featured Godard down the years.
And, finally, the huge installation/exhibition itself !!!!!
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The following films are being shown at the Pompidou retrospective in new prints from Gaumont:
Une femme mariée (64)
Le Gai Savoir (68)
Un film commes les autres (68)
British Sounds (69)
Pravda (69)
Vent d'Est (69)
Lotte in Italia (70)
Vladimir et Rosa (70)
Ici et ailleurs (74)
Numéro deux (75)
Comment ça va (76)
Je vous salue Marie (85)
Soigne ta droite (87)
JLG/JLG (95)
For Ever Mozart (96)
Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma (04)
and these with new prints from Ciné-Classic:
Le Petit soldat (60)
Les Carabiniers (63)
Hopefully this means at least some of them will be coming to DVD. Full listings for the retrospective here.
Une femme mariée (64)
Le Gai Savoir (68)
Un film commes les autres (68)
British Sounds (69)
Pravda (69)
Vent d'Est (69)
Lotte in Italia (70)
Vladimir et Rosa (70)
Ici et ailleurs (74)
Numéro deux (75)
Comment ça va (76)
Je vous salue Marie (85)
Soigne ta droite (87)
JLG/JLG (95)
For Ever Mozart (96)
Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma (04)
and these with new prints from Ciné-Classic:
Le Petit soldat (60)
Les Carabiniers (63)
Hopefully this means at least some of them will be coming to DVD. Full listings for the retrospective here.
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Does anybody know if the DOCUMENTS and/or HISTOIRE(S) publication is bilingual (french/english)? And does anybody know somthing about the publication available through [url=ttp://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/28442 ... 66-0705233]amazon.uk[/url]?
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Thanks Arn! btw, do you think the HISTOIRE(S) BOOK will "just" be the written version of the voice overs of the actual film? Because then i would be lucky having the ECM box ...he new edition of Histoire(s) in one volume (instead of the four volumes) is only in French. I believe that Documents is only in French.
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The Histoire(s) book is different from the ECM one. 80% of it are photograms the rest is text, but not the voice-over, more an expansion of the quotes Godard uses, or creates. It is a complement to the films, not a replica.accatone wrote:Thanks Arn! btw, do you think the HISTOIRE(S) BOOK will "just" be the written version of the voice overs of the actual film? Because then i would be lucky having the ECM box ...he new edition of Histoire(s) in one volume (instead of the four volumes) is only in French. I believe that Documents is only in French.
Also worth noting that Carlotta has just released One + One/Sympathy for the devil. Both versions! with a couple of supplements (including a Jean Douchet analysis).