2 x 50 Years of French Cinema
1995 · 51 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 396 VOTES · DIR. Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville
Overview
At a lakeside hotel, Michel Piccoli discusses the centennial of cinema with Jean-Luc Godard. Godard asks why should cinema's birthday be celebrated when the history of film is a forgotten subject. Through the remainder of his hotel stay, Piccoli tests Godard's hypothesis.
Dialogue Timeline — 452 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:07 THE BFI SHOWS
00:02:00 When Mr. Piccoli arrives, tell him that I am here.
00:03:00 announced the various projects: the building of a new cinema...
00:04:39 We have an office, a secretary, an administrator...
00:06:32 Recently we celebrated the liberation of Paris.
00:08:49 It takes time and passion, and indeed...
00:10:30 Don't misunderstand me, feasts are honourable things...
00:12:25 But if you say: "Dalio," nothing. So it was impossible and...
00:13:59 But when you take Griffith or Gance's "Napoléon,"
00:15:52 A phonograph and a projector, no doubt a Pathé Baby.
00:18:16 Yes, he missed some fine things...
00:20:04 ...the poor bastards.
00:21:57 Not at all. Do you know who Emile Cohl was?
00:24:15 ...what are you planning and so on to celebrate the century of cinema.
00:26:49 Or of Dita Parlo?
00:28:14 ...and a paradox is...
00:31:13 Thanks. May I ask a few questions?
00:33:57 Summer Light? In winter? No Sir.
00:36:49 And think themselves profound.
00:40:21 Do you know E.A. Poe's famous poem "The Raven"?
00:42:19 The lethal tedium of immortality.
00:43:39 ...to thank for their contributions...
00:46:27 Niepce and Lumière redeemed it.
03:00:00 people once every hundred years.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed452
Dialogue density8.9 lines / min
First line00:00:07
Final line03:00:00
Production Record
DirectorJean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes396