Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe

1998 · 28 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 702 VOTES · DIR. Jean-Luc Godard

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 4a: The Control of the Universe poster

Overview

Part 7 of Godard's 8 part examination of the history of the concept of cinema and how it relates to the 20th century.

Dialogue Timeline — 312 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:10 In a hushed voice
00:00:54 in infinitely pure French.
00:01:47 creating the room around it
00:05:13 the name of the tyrant God created by man's proud reason.
00:06:02 In this Europe, two kinds of nations.
00:06:45 The essential is not what a dictator thinks.
00:07:30 If it is true that the danger is not in our tools
00:08:21 In anger I am torn by insurmountable irony.
00:09:19 becomes punishable by prison.
00:10:06 but a created creator.
00:11:19 It naively paints our soul
00:12:03 invoking these reasons, begging them to last.
00:13:13 But we remember
00:14:25 to meet with success.
00:16:09 Later
00:16:59 We follow it from within
00:17:47 sustains in the invisible that which plunges into light.
00:18:36 and maybe especially
00:19:09 which overwhelm its heart.
00:19:57 There are only black lines crossing a blond painting
00:21:10 to introduce fire into ashes
00:22:20 cinema does not cry
00:23:07 as when she opens her arms to the child.
00:25:34 There.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed312
Dialogue density11.1 lines / min
First line00:00:10
Final line00:25:34

Production Record

DirectorJean-Luc Godard
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes702