What do you think?
Rate this book
Two Bicycles: The Work of Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville
Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Mieville are among the most important postwar filmmakers; they have worked across forms, across media, and across countries. This book, the first to be devoted specifically to the work they did together, examines the way they expanded the possibilities of cinema by using cutting-edge video equipment in a constant search for a new kind of filmmaking.
"Two Bicycles" examines all of the films, videos, and television works that the two did together, and moves slowly across France and Switzerland, with detours in Quebec, Mozambique, and Palestine. Their amazingly varied body of work includes a twelve-hour television series, some experimental videos, an acclaimed feature film with Isabelle Huppert, a cigarette commercial, and much else. Overall the book shows the degree to which this work departs radically from the legacy of the French New Wave, and in many ways shows signs of having been formed by the distinct culture of Switzerland, to which Godard and Mieville returned in the 1970s to set up their "atelier," Sonimage.
"Two Bicycles" offers a chance to explore a body of work that is as unique and demanding as it is rich and revelatory. Godard and Mieville have worked together for four decades but have never seemed more relevant.
"Two Bicycles" examines all of the films, videos, and television works that the two did together, and moves slowly across France and Switzerland, with detours in Quebec, Mozambique, and Palestine. Their amazingly varied body of work includes a twelve-hour television series, some experimental videos, an acclaimed feature film with Isabelle Huppert, a cigarette commercial, and much else. Overall the book shows the degree to which this work departs radically from the legacy of the French New Wave, and in many ways shows signs of having been formed by the distinct culture of Switzerland, to which Godard and Mieville returned in the 1970s to set up their "atelier," Sonimage.
"Two Bicycles" offers a chance to explore a body of work that is as unique and demanding as it is rich and revelatory. Godard and Mieville have worked together for four decades but have never seemed more relevant.
214 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
1 person is currently reading
17 people want to read
About the author
Jerry White
126 books9 followersThis is the disambiguation profile for otherwise undifferentiated authors publishing as Jerry White
See also:
Jerry White, historian
Jerry E. White, author of The Joseph Road: Choices That Determine Your Destiny
Jerry P. White, author of Aboriginal Education: Current Crisis and Future Alternatives
Jerry M. White, author of Until Today: Stories and Poems on Life as I Know It
Jerry A. White, author of U.S. Army Infantry
Jerry White, author of The 5 Keys to the Great Life
Jerry C. White, author of Let There Be No Doubt! What the Bible Says..
Jerry S. White, author of Turnaround: The Canadian Guide t Rescuing Your Company From Creditors, Predators And Competitors
See also:
Jerry White, historian
Jerry E. White, author of The Joseph Road: Choices That Determine Your Destiny
Jerry P. White, author of Aboriginal Education: Current Crisis and Future Alternatives
Jerry M. White, author of Until Today: Stories and Poems on Life as I Know It
Jerry A. White, author of U.S. Army Infantry
Jerry White, author of The 5 Keys to the Great Life
Jerry C. White, author of Let There Be No Doubt! What the Bible Says..
Jerry S. White, author of Turnaround: The Canadian Guide t Rescuing Your Company From Creditors, Predators And Competitors
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
No one has reviewed this book yet.