{"product_id":"phrases-six-films-hardcover","title":"Phrases: Six Films - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean-Luc Godard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStuart Kendall\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eStuart Kendall\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"when I admire a film they say to me yes, it's very pretty but it's not cinema so I asked myself what it was\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhrases\u003c\/i\u003e presents the spoken language from six films by Jean-Luc Godard: \u003ci\u003eGermany Nine Zero\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Kids Play Russian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJLG \/ JLG\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e2 x 50 Years of French Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFor Ever Mozart\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of Love\u003c\/i\u003e. Completed between 1991 and 2001, during what has been called Godard's \"years of memory\", these films and videos were made alongside and in the shadow of his major work from that time, the monumental \u003ci\u003eHistoire(s)\u003c\/i\u003e du cinema, complementing and extending its themes. Like \u003ci\u003eHistoire(s)\u003c\/i\u003e, they offer meditations on, among other things, the tides of history, the fate of nations, the work of memory, the power of cinema, and the nature of love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGathered here, in written form, they are words without images: not exactly screenplays, not exactly poetry, but something else entirely. Godard himself described them enigmatically: \"Not books. Rather recollections of films, without the photos or the uninteresting details... Only the spoken phrases. They offer a little prolongation. One even discovers things that aren't in the films in them, which is rather powerful for a recollection. These books aren't literature or cinema. Traces of a film...\". In our era of ubiquitous video streaming, e-books, and social media, these traces of cinema raise compelling questions about the future of media--cinematic, literary, and otherwise.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean-Luc Godard (1930-2022) was a filmmaker and theorist. His groundbreaking body of work as a director and screenwriter included \u003ci\u003eBreathless\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eContempt\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePierrot le Fou\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45664290046054,"sku":"9781967751662","price":194.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/rqWFUKlUg29781967751662.webp?v=1779871843","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/phrases-six-films-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}