Letter in Motion to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Fremaux
2014 · 9 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 123 VOTES · DIR. Jean-Luc Godard
Overview
Rather than writing a simple letter to explain his absence from the press conference for his latest Cannes entry, "Goodbye to Language," at the Cannes Film Festival, instead, legendary filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard created a video "Letter in motion to (Cannes president) Gilles Jacob and (artistic director) Thierry Fremaux." The video intercuts from Godard speaking cryptically about his "path" to key scenes from Godard classics such as "Alphaville" and "King Lear" with Burgess Meredith and Molly Ringwald, and quotes poet Jacques Prevert and philosopher Hannah Arendt.
Dialogue Timeline — 106 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:11 natural selection
00:00:25 Thank you again for inviting me to climb your venerable 24 steps...
00:00:50 and then am no longer where you still think I still am.
00:01:10 under the protection of the strange clergyman...
00:01:49 ...and he invited him...
00:02:06 I didn't feel comfortable in that atmosphere.
00:02:27 For me, the little Führer was more important...
00:02:42 Gisele, Marushka...
00:02:58 Where, in winter, can one find flowers?
00:03:30 but the same logic which totalitarian leaders use...
00:03:47 that is to say pure reason
00:04:03 for the philosopher
00:04:13 but which are indeed the only questions to preoccupy everyone.
00:04:38 and it intervenes each time that we declare...
00:05:02 but even more often
00:05:20 - Yes, father.
00:05:44 Because I also don't have my heart in my mouth. (-and share her silence.)
00:06:02 on an ill wind, that carries me
00:06:19 The metaphor.
00:06:44 to Havana.
00:07:10 And today, as usual
00:07:45 it isn't possible, dear comrades, to join you this May 21.
00:08:04 to find there the true continuity error...
00:08:38 Friendly yours, Jean-Luc Godard.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed106
Dialogue density11.8 lines / min
First line00:00:11
Final line00:08:38
Production Record
DirectorJean-Luc Godard
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes123