Le gai savoir / Gaumont presents ; a film by Jean-Luc Godard ; written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard ; a Gaumont - Bavaria Atelier Gesellschaft co-production.
Narrator, Jean-Luc Godard. Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto. Film lacks title screen and credits. Statement of responsibility from container. Originally produced as a motion picture in France in 1968; released in the USA in 1969. Wide screen (1.37:1) Adapted from Jean-Jacques Rousseau's novelistic treatise on education, "Émile." Accompanied by booklet (14 pages) with essays by Richard Hell and Adam Nayman in English inserted in container. Special features: "Promenade dans Le gai savoir," a video by Fabrice Aragno ; audio commentary by film critic Adrian Martin ; trailers.
Summary:
While alone in an abandoned television studio, two militants, Émile Rousseau and Patricia Lumumba, have a discourse on language. Referring to spoken word as "the enemy"--the weapon used by the establishment to confuse liberation movements--the two deconstruct the meanings of sounds and images in an attempt to "return to zero" and truly experience the joy of learning.
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