Jean-Luc Godard in 1983 -
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His latest film,
The Image Book
, won a special Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, but it is not his final film.
Jean-Luc Godard, 90 years old and a figure of the New Wave, is currently working on two scenarios… and “goodbye cinema”.
The director of
A bout de souffle
et du
Mépris
has indeed announced his future retirement during a virtual interview on Tuesday for the Kerala International Film Festival: “I am ending my life as a filmmaker, my life as a director, by finishing these two scenarios.
Then I'll say goodbye to the movies.
"
The two projects in question are
Scenario
, slated for broadcast on Arte, and
Funny Wars
, in which the filmmaker has shown excerpts from his inspirational and preparatory work.
Note that several of his masterpieces are on Netflix, a good way for new generations to discover a sacred monster of French cinema.
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