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LE GAI SAVOIR

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
France, West Germany, 1969
Avant-Garde, Cult, Drama
  • 9292 minutes

Synopsis

Alone in an abandoned television studio, two militants have a discourse on language. Referring to spoken word as a weapon used by the establishment to confuse liberation movements, they deconstruct the meaning of sounds and images in an attempt to “return to zero” and experience the joy of learning.

Synopsis

Alone in an abandoned television studio, two militants have a discourse on language. Referring to spoken word as a weapon used by the establishment to confuse liberation movements, they deconstruct the meaning of sounds and images in an attempt to “return to zero” and experience the joy of learning.