Le Gai Savoir

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Le Gai Savoir is a 1969 French New Wave film directed by Jean-Luc Godard that explores radical politics and the deconstruction of language through a minimalist, didactic style.

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instanceOf French New Wave film
film
basedOn Friedrich Nietzsche's concept of "gay science" NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Jean-Pierre Beauviala NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
director Jean-Luc Godard NERFINISHED
distributor Anouchka Films NERFINISHED
editedBy Jean-Luc Godard NERFINISHED
examines ideological function of mass media
relationship between images and words
featuresCharacter Patricia Lumumba NERFINISHED
Émile Rousseau NERFINISHED
firstBroadcastOn French television
genre avant-garde film
experimental film
political film
hasColorProcess color
hasEnglishTitle The Joy of Knowledge NERFINISHED
movement French New Wave NERFINISHED
narrativeStyle didactic
minimalist
originalLanguage French
partOf Jean-Luc Godard's political period
periodOfProduction late 1960s
portrayedBy Jean-Pierre Léaud NERFINISHED
Juliet Berto NERFINISHED
producer Jean-Luc Godard NERFINISHED
productionCompany Anouchka Films NERFINISHED
O.R.T.F. NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1969
relatedWork La Chinoise NERFINISHED
Week End NERFINISHED
runtimeMinutes 95
screenwriter Jean-Luc Godard NERFINISHED
setting television studio
soundMix mono
stars Jean-Pierre Léaud NERFINISHED
Juliet Berto NERFINISHED
theme deconstruction of language
media criticism
radical politics
semiotics
titleLanguage French
usesTechnique didactic monologue
direct address to camera
minimal set design
non-narrative structure
use of text on screen

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