In the 1960s, pioneering French New Wave filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard introduced the world to a new cinematic lexicon, generated from his innovative, auteurist style. Between 1960 and 1967 alone, he made fifteen features (beginning with his groundbreaking début, Breathless)—and it’s this period that regular Criterion Collection contributor Kogonada explores in a new video essay highlighting the iconic director’s signature themes and devices.
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Directed by John Ford70%
A Plastic Ocean75%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Seduced and Abandoned61%
180° South72%
McQueen74%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Hitchcock/Truffaut72%
Being James Bond77%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
The Class of ‘9271%
Above Majestic73%
My Mom Jayne79%
Cameraperson67%
Report61%
Bruce Lee, the Legend79%
Night Will Fall76%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
