215464
215464

Origins of the 21st Century

2000-05-10
6.333
fr 16m
Documentary
Commissioned by the heads of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival to make an opening-night short commemorating cinema as it enters its second full century, Godard instead offers up a 17-minute barrage of re-edited footage of wars and Nazi atrocities, interspersed with clips of Maurice Chevalier in "Gigi" and Godard's own "À bout de souffle."

Director

Jean-Luc Godard

Writer

Jean-Luc Godard

Editor

Jean-Luc Godard

Director of Photography

Julien Hirsch

Status

Released

Countries

  • France

Companies

  • Vega Film