by Sandra Brennan
synopsis
This experimental minimalist drama by Jean-Luc Godard is a totally plotless exploration of film language. The setting is a darkened soundstage with only a single light to illuminate two actors who discuss philosophy. The philosophy reflects the director's most radical thoughts about making films. When not discussing films, the two play word-association games. Though named Le Gai Savoir, this film is not based on the book of the same title by Friedrich Nietzsche but, very loosely, on Jean Jacques Rousseau's Emile.
characteristics
- Experiment
- Philosopher
- New-Wave
- Philosophical
- Minimalism
- Philosophy
- Radical
- Questioning [police Interrogation]
- Literature
- Language
- Extraterrestrial
- Conversation
- Filmmaker
- Filmmaking
- Alien [not Human]
