Jean-Luc Godard (almost complete career rating)
Oct 9, 2023 8:26:51 GMT
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Oct 9, 2023 8:26:51 GMT
For the longest time I was only familiar with Godard’s 1960s French New Wave work. Over the past few years I’ve made the effort to seek out as much of his other material as possible. I think I’ve now pretty much seen all his major feature film work save a couple of video experiments and made for TV films. There are still countless short works I’ve not seen including all his 1960s anthology work.
I’ve listed here everything I’ve seen including shorts plus the few major works I’ve not seen. I’ve only rated as opposed to ranking as it’s quite difficult across his various periods and differing styles.
What a fascinating career, almost 70 years at the forefront of cinematic experimentation, always pushing the envelope and never pandering to his audience.
Early Shorts (1950s)
1955 Une Femme Coquette (short) – 6
1958 Operation Concrete (documentary short) – 7
1958 Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (short) – 6
1959 All the Boys Are Called Patrick (short) – 6
French New Wave (1960s)
1960 Breathless - 8
1960 The Little Soldier – 8
1961 A Story of Water (short) - 7
1961 A Woman is a Woman - 8
1962 My Life To Live - 10
1963 The Carabineers - 7
1963 Contempt - 8
1964 Band of Outsiders - 9
1964 A Married Woman - 7
1965 Alphaville - 9
1965 Pierrot Le Fou - 9
1966 Masculine Feminine - 7
1966 Made in USA - 7
1967 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her - 7
1967 La Chinoise - 8
1967 Week-end - 8
Experimental/Political (Late 1960s/1970s)
1968 Film Tract No. 1968 (short) – 6
1968 A Film Like Any Other - 6
1968 Sympathy For the Devil - 7
1969 Joy of Learning - 8
1969 British Sounds – 7
1969 Pravda - ns
1969 Wind From the East - 8
1969 Struggles in Italy – 6
1971 Vladimir and Rosa– 7
1972 Tout va Bien - 7
1972 Letter to Jane - 8
1974 Here and Elsewhere– 7
1975 Number Two - 7
1976 How's it Going– 7
1976 Six Times Two: Over and Under Communication (video series) - ns
1978 France/Tour/Detour/Two Children (video series) - ns
Second Wave (1980s)
1980 Every Man For Himself - 7
1982 Passion - 6
1983 First Name: Carmen - 7
1985 Hail Mary - 8
1985 Detective - 6
1986 Rise and Fall of A Small Film Company - 7
1987 King Lear – 7
1987 Armide (short) - 7
1987 Keep Your Right Up - 6
Later Films (1990s and beyond)
1990 Nouvelle Vague - 8
1991 Germany Year 90 Nine Zero - 8
1993 The Children Play Russian – ns
1993 Hail Sarajevo (short) - 8
1993 Oh Woe is Me - 8
1994 JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December - ns
1996 Forever Mozart - 7
1998 History(s) of the Cinema (video series) – 9
2000 Origins of the 21st Century (short) - 8
2001 In Praise of Love - 8
2002 In the Darkness of Time (short) – 7
2004 Notre Musique - 8
2006 True Fake Passport - ns
2010 Film Socialisme - 7
2014 Goodbye to Language - 7
2018 The Image Book – 7
2023 Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars (short) - 7
I’ve listed here everything I’ve seen including shorts plus the few major works I’ve not seen. I’ve only rated as opposed to ranking as it’s quite difficult across his various periods and differing styles.
What a fascinating career, almost 70 years at the forefront of cinematic experimentation, always pushing the envelope and never pandering to his audience.
Early Shorts (1950s)
1955 Une Femme Coquette (short) – 6
1958 Operation Concrete (documentary short) – 7
1958 Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (short) – 6
1959 All the Boys Are Called Patrick (short) – 6
French New Wave (1960s)
1960 Breathless - 8
1960 The Little Soldier – 8
1961 A Story of Water (short) - 7
1961 A Woman is a Woman - 8
1962 My Life To Live - 10
1963 The Carabineers - 7
1963 Contempt - 8
1964 Band of Outsiders - 9
1964 A Married Woman - 7
1965 Alphaville - 9
1965 Pierrot Le Fou - 9
1966 Masculine Feminine - 7
1966 Made in USA - 7
1967 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her - 7
1967 La Chinoise - 8
1967 Week-end - 8
Experimental/Political (Late 1960s/1970s)
1968 Film Tract No. 1968 (short) – 6
1968 A Film Like Any Other - 6
1968 Sympathy For the Devil - 7
1969 Joy of Learning - 8
1969 British Sounds – 7
1969 Pravda - ns
1969 Wind From the East - 8
1969 Struggles in Italy – 6
1971 Vladimir and Rosa– 7
1972 Tout va Bien - 7
1972 Letter to Jane - 8
1974 Here and Elsewhere– 7
1975 Number Two - 7
1976 How's it Going– 7
1976 Six Times Two: Over and Under Communication (video series) - ns
1978 France/Tour/Detour/Two Children (video series) - ns
Second Wave (1980s)
1980 Every Man For Himself - 7
1982 Passion - 6
1983 First Name: Carmen - 7
1985 Hail Mary - 8
1985 Detective - 6
1986 Rise and Fall of A Small Film Company - 7
1987 King Lear – 7
1987 Armide (short) - 7
1987 Keep Your Right Up - 6
Later Films (1990s and beyond)
1990 Nouvelle Vague - 8
1991 Germany Year 90 Nine Zero - 8
1993 The Children Play Russian – ns
1993 Hail Sarajevo (short) - 8
1993 Oh Woe is Me - 8
1994 JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December - ns
1996 Forever Mozart - 7
1998 History(s) of the Cinema (video series) – 9
2000 Origins of the 21st Century (short) - 8
2001 In Praise of Love - 8
2002 In the Darkness of Time (short) – 7
2004 Notre Musique - 8
2006 True Fake Passport - ns
2010 Film Socialisme - 7
2014 Goodbye to Language - 7
2018 The Image Book – 7
2023 Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars (short) - 7
