Jean-Luc Godard and the French New Wave Cinema

4.0 credits

Edgy, provocative, and revolutionary, the films of Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022) have challenged generations of spectators, critics, and filmmakers to rethink “cinema” as an artistic practice and as an institution. The focus of this course is the groundbreaking work that earned Godard an international reputation as a leading figure of the French “New Wave” cinema between 1959 and 1965. We will study a majority of Godard’s features made during this time, alongside films by other directors that will put his cinematic practice into relief.