Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974 · 52 MIN · IMDB 5.7 · 553 VOTES · DIR. Jean-Pierre Gorin, Jean-Luc Godard
Overview
The film's subject is a photograph of Jane Fonda visiting Hanoi during the Vietnam War. It asks what the position of the intellectual should be in the class struggle and points out the irony of Jane Fonda's participation in the photo shoot, which was staged.
Dialogue Timeline — 789 lines
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00:00:26 Dear Jane,
00:02:11 the answer it gives is its practice.
00:03:59 that one made us want to ask some questions.
00:05:54 other than with ready-made answers , to ready-made questions .
00:08:03 about what to do and what not to do,
00:10:12 that which others call the question of practical result,
00:12:25 since we wish to express our struggle too.
00:14:27 From you and us in Paris. From you in Vietnam.
00:16:43 One can see that this photograph gives a practical answer
00:19:10 how can we really help Vietnam in return?
00:21:25 ELEMENTARY ELEMENTS
00:23:45 that it is not a question of chance, or rather, even if it is chance,
00:26:05 after the Phantoms of Kissinger have destroyed it).
00:28:27 In this photograph, in this reflection of reality,
00:30:54 The American is obliged to focus clearly on his real lack of clarity.
00:33:13 this expression has been borrowed
00:35:49 Just make the same experiment
00:38:21 And it is in relation to this "difference"
00:40:42 for better wages and a slightly slower work rate?
00:42:40 Therefore we must eventually ask the question:
00:44:57 or any other motherfuck-ers,
00:47:28 You may have noticed by the way, Jane, that the Vietcong/North Vietnam collective
00:49:54 But we must also add that if the magazine is able to lie,
00:52:21 The rest is just masquerade....
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed789
Dialogue density15.2 lines / min
First line00:00:26
Final line00:52:21
Production Record
DirectorJean-Pierre Gorin, Jean-Luc Godard
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes553