false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg 312239 2 When Jean-Luc Godard wed the ideals of filmmaking to the realities of autobiography and current events, he changed the nature of cinema. Unlike any earlier films, Godards work shifts fluidly from fiction to documentary, from criticism to art. The man himself also projects shifting imagescultural hero, fierce loner, shrewd businessman. Hailed by filmmakers as aif not thekey influence on cinema, Godard has entered the modern canon, a figure as mysterious as he is indispensable. In Everything Is Cinema, critic Richard Brody has amassed hundreds of interviews to demystify the elusive director and his work. Paying as much attention to Godards technical inventions as to the political forces of the postwar world, Brody traces an arc from the directors early critical writing, through his popular success with Breathless, to the grand vision of his later years. He vividly depicts Godards wealthy conservative family, his fluid politics, and his tumultuous dealings with women and fellow New Wave filmmakers. Everything Is Cinema confirms Godards greatness and shows decisively that his films have left their mark on screens everywhere. 303149 13 5 2007 Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard total:69|5:14|4:37|3:16|2:2|1:0| 69 270 171 19 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 4 2 false Fri Jun 27 09:09:45 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 21:24:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 3 1 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 18:56:44 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 08:15:05 -0700 2008 another thread, where smarter readers provide great comments and reactions.

In a nutshell, this is a good book. It gets four stars for its careful close attention to all of Godard's work, zeroing in on the intersections of production, influences (and the v...more...]]> 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 4 0 false Mon Oct 05 16:20:16 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 16:46:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 3 0 false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 18:23:55 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 22:03:53 -0700 2009 I was really excited to pick this up since I've gone through a Godard obsession lately. I poured over it and read it diligently for a few weeks.

The thing is...I had a lukewarm experience.

Brody does an amazing job of scholarship. Godard has made a huge amount of work a...more...]]> 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 4 0 false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Dec 11 10:32:59 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 05 18:34:26 -0700 2009 1 Richard Brody believes in Jean-Luc Godard, if not necessarily in Godard's beliefs. That belief in Godard's aesthetic quality and talent is strong, but it undermines an otherwise insightful, well researched, and well constructed book.

"Everything is cinema," is Godard's expressio...more...]]> 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 4 1 false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 25 13:38:50 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 29 15:55:50 -0800 2009
The book is simply astounding in its scope: detailed background, production history, critical reception and analysis for no less than every f...more...]]> 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 09:48:32 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 09:48:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 4 0 false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 23 06:55:14 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 18 07:44:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 4 0 false Fri Oct 24 07:18:42 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 07:34:38 -0700 2008
The biography is well written, engaging, exhaustive, and leads off the track to Artaud, Sartre whil...more...]]> 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 4 0 false Fri May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 03 15:56:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 15:56:39 -0800 2009 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 2 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 10:52:17 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 10:54:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 3 0 false Thu Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 23:59:54 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 14:20:46 -0700 2008 La Chinoise and Weekend; it was a good companion to the recent Film Forum retrospective, "Godard's ’60s." My interest in the later films, and the book,...more...]]> 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 5 0 false Mon Aug 11 06:27:53 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 06:30:38 -0700 2008 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 4 0 false Sat Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 16:59:01 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 17:00:07 -0700 2008 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 4 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 20:38:17 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 05:35:41 -0700 2008 here]]> 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 4 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 14:38:53 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 18:50:20 -0800 2008 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 4 0 false Sat Jul 26 16:13:56 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 07:06:59 -0700 2008 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 4 0 false Mon Jun 16 16:36:47 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 07:14:12 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 16:36:47 -0700 2008 http://aschenker.blogspot.com/2008/06/ev...]]> 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 0 0 false Wed Oct 29 22:14:37 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 08 15:06:57 -0700 2009 312239 0805068864 9780805068863 68 19 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213646021m/312239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/312239.Everything_Is_Cinema_The_Working_Life_of_Jean_Luc_Godard 0 0 false Mon Nov 30 00:22:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 00:22:00 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=312239