British Sounds (1969)

Directed by

Jean-Luc Godard

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

52 min

Rated

NR

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A film about factory workers in Britain, intercut with static shots of a nude woman and a studio recording session. It presents political slogans and news items through a collage of images and sound.

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What happens

British Sounds (also known as See You at Mao) is an hour-long avant-garde documentary film shot in February 1969 for television, written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Henri Roger, and produced by Irving Teitelbaum and Kenith Trodd. It was produced during Godard's most outspokenly political period. London Weekend Television refused to screen it owing to its controversial content, but it was subsequently released in cinemas. Godard credited the film as being made by 'Comrades of the Dziga-Vertov Group'. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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