Trailer of the Film That Will Never Exist: 'Phony Wars'
Trailer of the Film That Will Never Exist: 'Phony Wars'
At the time of his death in September 2022, Jean-Luc Godard had been in the midst of planning another feature, an adaptation of Belgian author Charles Plisnier’s 1937 novel Faux Passports. Though the film was never produced, the intricate and beautiful “trailer” that Godard put together in preparation now stands as his final work, a complex collage of history, politics, and cinema constructed of paper and glue, paintings and photographs, sound and silence.
Godard often transformed his synopses into aesthetic programs. His swan song follows in this tradition and will remain as the ultimate gesture of cinema, which he accompanies with the following text: “Rejecting the billions of alphabetic diktats to liberate the incessant metamorphoses and metaphors of a necessary and true language by returning to the locations of past film shoots, while keeping track of modern times.”
Godard often transformed his synopses into aesthetic programs. His swan song follows in this tradition and will remain as the ultimate gesture of cinema, which he accompanies with the following text: “Rejecting the billions of alphabetic diktats to liberate the incessant metamorphoses and metaphors of a necessary and true language by returning to the locations of past film shoots, while keeping track of modern times.”
Genre
Short
Runtime
20
Language
English
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Writer(s)
Jean-Luc Godard
Cast
Jean-Paul Battaggia (voice)
Awards:
Nominee, Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Prize, San Sebastián International Film Festival
Played at
Royal 12.15.23 - 12.21.23
Claremont 5 12.18.23 - 12.19.23
Glendale 12.18.23 - 12.19.23
Monica Film Center 12.18.23 - 12.19.23
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