Screenings
August 28 21:50
DEBATOUN GUESTHOUSE
Only Godard
France, 2023, 88’
in French w/Arm./Eng.subtitles
Directors and Scriptwriters: Arnaud Lambert, Vincent Sorrel
Producer: Jean-Marie Barbe
Cinematographers: Julien Perrin, Vincent Sorrel
Editors: Luc Forveille, Antoine Boutet
Sound: Benoît Chabert d’Hières
Production: Ardeche Images Production
The two filmmakers immerse us into the storage warehouse where, in 2010, all the archives kept by Godard in Switzerland were transferred, and they create a doppelganger (or a duplicate) of the director, who takes up the role of our guide into his world. Excerpts from his writings, his images, and his perspective in cinema give us a glimpse into his mythology, his techniques, his singular gaze, and therefore also in his worldview. His questions, his relentless experimentation in cinema, and the nature of creation are showcased here as being both truly prolific, as well as still relevant, while they are intricately intertwined into a fascinating film essay.
Vincent Sorrel
Vincent Sorrel is a filmmaker and lecturer in film studies at the University of Grenoble where he is responsible for the master’s degree in creative documentary organized between the university and Ardèche Images association in Lussas. He intervenes on the questions of writing, directing, and production of documentary films. Co-author with Jean-Louis Comolli of the book “Cinéma, mode d’emploi. De l’argentique au numérique”, published by Verdier in 2015, his work concerns cinematographic practices. This research, both theoretical and artistic, is developed through films on the cinematographic gestures of Artavazd Pelechian or Vittorio de Seta and publications that question the influence of technology on the imagination of filmmakers and their creative process.
Select Filmography
Là-bas où le diable vous souhaite bonne nuit (short, co-director, 1999), We were born to walk on the heads of kings (2007), Vittorio De Seta. The Filmmaker is an Athlete (2010), Artavazd Pelechian. The Filmmaker is an Astronaut (2018), Only Godard (co-director, 2023).
Arnaud Lambert
Arnaud Lambert is a critic and filmmaker. Author of the essay Also Known as Chris Marker, dedicated to the filmic, literary, and photographic work of the filmmaker Chris Marker (Point du jour Editeur, 2008, republished in 2013), he has published in various film magazines and collaborated regularly with Images de la Culture (Centre National de la Cinématographie). He is the author of several documentary films, including a film essay inspired by Jean-Michel Palmier’s Retour à Berlin and, with Jean-Marie Barbe, a film entitled Chris Marker – Never Explain, Never Complain (2015). His latest documentary Only Godard (2023), co-directed with Vincent Sorrel, was selected at the Thessaloniki IDFF.
Filmography
Retour à Berlin (2014), Chris Marker, Never Explain Never Complain (co-director, 2015), Forêts de Philippe Artières (2021), Only Godard (co-director, 2023).