Godard Cinema & Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars


Pioneer of the French New Wave film movement, and whose influence ripples throughout the world of cinema to this day Jean-Luc Godard’s (“Breathless”) is celebrated at ByTowne Cinema this month with a special screening of “Godard Cinema” and “Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars”

“Godard Cinema”, is a documentary which offers an opportunity for film lovers to look back at his career and the subjects and themes that obsessed him, while paying tribute to the ineffable essence of the most revered French director of all time.

Followed by a screening of the short film, and Godard’s final work before his passing in 2022: “Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars”. Jean-Luc Godard had been in the midst of planning another feature, an adaptation of Belgian author Charles Plisnier’s 1937 novel Faux Passports. Though the film was never produced, the intricate and beautiful “trailer” that Godard put together in preparation now stands as his final work.

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