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I N T R O T O T R U E J E A N - L U C G O D A R D S T O R Y C I N E M A T E L E V I S I O N The second volume in the caboose series ‘Theory and Practice’ Previously published: What is Cinema? by André Bazin A True Story of the Movies I NO LO NGER HAVE A N Y HOPE TH E BLIND SPEAK OF A W AY OUT BUT I SEE J ' 'AI P L U S e n D'ESPOIR , s LES NE p a r l e n t I S S U E ' M _ . — y m o i J E V ^ I S # r translated by Timothy Barnard with an essay by Michael Witt I n tro d u c tio n to a True H i s t o r y o f C i n e m a and T elevision Jean-Luc G odard preface by Serge Losique caboose Montreal This edition, including transcription, translation and annotations, copyright © 2014 Timothy Barnard ‘Archaeology of Histoire(s) du Cinéma’ © Michael Witt and caboose No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission. All requests to copy portions of this book for inclusion in educational coursepacks or to be made available on any electronic platform must be addressed directly to the publisher. Prepared without financial assistance, public or private. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930- Introduction to a true history of cinema and television / Jean-Luc Godard; edited and translated by Timothy Barnard. (Theory and practice) Includes index. Translation of: Introduction à une véritable histoire du cinéma. ISBN 978-0-9811914-2-3 (bound).-ISBN 978-0-9811914-1-6 (pbk.) 1. Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930-. 2. Motion pictures. 3. Motion pictures-History. I. Barnard, Timothy II. Title. III. Series: Theory and practice (Montreal, Quebec) PN1994.G63 2012 791.43 C2011-905659-3 First edition. Published by caboose, www.caboosebooks.net Designed by Marina Uzunova and Timothy Barnard. Typeset by Marina Uzunova. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, FSC-certified paper. Contents xi Preface Jean-Luc Godard xiii Preface to the English-language Edition Serge Losique xv Archaeology of ‘Histoire(s) du Cinéma’ Michael Witt lxxi A Note on the Text Timothy Barnard FIRST VOYAGE 5 Part One: Freedom À bout de souffle 31 Part Two: Fascism Le Petit Soldat SECOND VOYAGE 63 Part One: Actors and Audiences Vivre sa vie 93 Part Two: Myths Le Mépris THIRD VOYAGE 125 Part One: Words and Images Alphaville 153 Part Two: Fragments Une Femme mariée FOURTH VOYAGE 179 Part One: Between Pierrot le fou 209 Part Two: Television and Video Masculin Féminin FIFTH VOYAGE 245 Part One: (Hi)stories Made in U.S.A. 267 Part Two: Forms La Chinoise SIXTH VOYAGE 295 Part One: Monsters Week-end 325 Part Two: Documentary and Fiction Deux ou trois choses que je sais d’elle SEVENTH VOYAGE 363 Part One: Return to Zero One plus One 385 Part Two: The People and Their Leaders Les Carabiniers 421 Appendix: Studies in Motion Pictures and Television Jean-Luc Godard 443 Name Index 455 Title Index 469 Publisher’s Acknowledgments