Une catastrophe

Viennale 08 Trailer

In order to visualize how history functions and why mankind, talented to beauty, so willingly works on its own (not at all beautiful) abolition, we just briefly have to change perspectives. And that is Jean-Luc Godard´s trick: he cannot separate politics from art, as he sees the one reflected in the other. He demonstrates how Howard Hawks is connected with Marx, and the Shoah with Bach. In this sense, Une catastrophe, Godard´s trailer for the VIENNALE 2008, is extremely complex and at the same time completely serene, as if it had all the time in the world:...

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Orig. Title
Une catastrophe (Viennale Trailer 2008)
Year
2008
Country
Austria
Duration
1 min
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Category
Trailer
Orig. Language
No Dialogue
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