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Gideon Bachmann and Jean-Luc Godard

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard • 29m

Presented here is an audio interview with director Jean-Luc Godard. Conducted by film critic Gideon Bachmann in 1961, it covers Godard’s time as a critic for “Cahiers du cinéma,” the state of French filmmaking, and LE PETIT SOLDAT.

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