The Image Book (2018)
- Original title
- Le Livre d'image
- Directed by
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Genre
- documentary film, experimental film, essay film
- Country
- France, Switzerland
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 83 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.
How it feels
The film mixes found footage and original images to examine the modern Arab world. It was Jean-Luc Godard's final feature and uses no actors, only a storyteller.
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What happens
The Image Book (French: Le Livre d'image) is a 2018 Swiss avant-garde essay film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It was his final feature film before his death in 2022. Initially titled Tentative de bleu and Image et parole, in December 2016 Wild Bunch co-chief Vincent Maraval stated that Godard had been shooting the film for almost two years "in various Arab countries, including Tunisia" and that it is an examination of the modern Arabic world. Godard told Séance magazine that he was shooting without actors but the film would have a storyteller. The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it was awarded an unprecedented "Special Palme d'Or" by the jury as an homage to his career and as an award to the film itself. The film was positively received by film critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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