Joy of Learning (1969)

Original title

Le Gai Savoir

Directed by

Jean-Luc Godard

Genre

experimental film, art film

Country

Germany, France

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A man and a woman sit in a darkened television studio and talk about language, images, and education. They try to learn how to communicate and think for themselves.

cerebralfragmentaryconversationalstaticphilosophicalexperimentalaustereunsettling1960s

What happens

Joy of Learning (French: Le Gai savoir) is a 1969 experimental film by Jean-Luc Godard. The shooting started before the events of May 68 and was finished shortly afterwards. Coproduced by the O.R.T.F., the film was upon completion rejected by French national television, then released in the cinema where it was subsequently banned by the French government. The film is an adaptation of Emile, or On Education, Jean-Jacques Rousseau's treatise on education, and its title is a reference to Nietzsche's The Gay Science. The film was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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