Today Godard remains our greatest lyricist on historical trauma, religion, and the legacy of cinema. As the sixties progressed, Godard’s output became increasingly radical, both aesthetically ( A Woman Is a Woman, Contempt, Band of Outsiders) and politically ( Masculin féminin, Pierrot le fou), until by 1968 he had forsworn commercial cinema altogether, forming a leftist filmmaking collective (the Dziga Vertov Group) and making such films as Tout va bien. Track 1-1 is misspelled 'Contempt - Théme de Camille' on release.

His groundbreaking debut feature, Breathless-his first and last mainstream success-is, of course, essential Godard: its strategy of merging high (Mozart) and low (American crime thrillers) culture has been mimicked by generations of filmmakers. Before directing, Godard was an ethnology student and a critic for Cahiers du cinéma, and his approach to filmmaking reflects his interest in how cinematic form intertwines with social reality. A pioneer of the French new wave, Jean-Luc Godard has had an incalculable effect on modern cinema that refuses to wane. Scorsese used it to theme Robert De Niros and Sharon Stone marriage breaking up in Casino.

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