JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December
Jean-Luc Godard, 1994, 62 min

“As Godard once remarked, "The cinema is an x-ray machine in which one photographs one’s own disease." In his moving self-portrait, we discover that the disease has a name: cinephilia. Made on the cusp of the centennial of the cinema and the director reaching his mid-sixties, JLG/JLG captures the complexity and brilliance of Godard’s work in film as it touches on a multitude of concerns, from memory and painting to the Swiss Alps, money and tennis.” – Harvard Film Archive 

Preceded by:

Letter to Freddy Buache
Jean-Luc Godard, 1982, 11 min

Godard’s message to the people of Lausanne, specifically journalist and critic Freddy Buache, addressing his reasons why he will not make a film about their town’s 500th anniversary. A rumination on cinema’s possibilities.

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Showing as part of JLG: Usine de rêves