Le Gai Savoir

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Le Gai Savoir is a 1969 French New Wave film directed by Jean-Luc Godard that explores radical politics and the deconstruction of language through a minimalist, didactic style.

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instanceOf French New Wave film
film
basedOn Friedrich Nietzsche's concept of "gay science"
cinematographyBy Jean-Pierre Beauviala
countryOfOrigin France
director Jean-Luc Godard
distributor Anouchka Films
editedBy Jean-Luc Godard
examines ideological function of mass media
relationship between images and words
featuresCharacter Patricia Lumumba
Émile Rousseau
firstBroadcastOn French television
genre avant-garde film
experimental film
political film
hasColorProcess color
hasEnglishTitle The Joy of Knowledge
movement French New Wave
narrativeStyle didactic
minimalist
originalLanguage French
partOf Jean-Luc Godard's political period
periodOfProduction late 1960s
portrayedBy Jean-Pierre Léaud
Juliet Berto
producer Jean-Luc Godard
productionCompany Anouchka Films
O.R.T.F.
linked to: ORTF
publicationDate 1969
relatedWork La Chinoise
Week End
linked to: Weekend
runtimeMinutes 95
screenwriter Jean-Luc Godard
setting television studio
soundMix mono
stars Jean-Pierre Léaud
Juliet Berto
theme deconstruction of language
media criticism
radical politics
semiotics
titleLanguage French
usesTechnique didactic monologue
direct address to camera
minimal set design
non-narrative structure
use of text on screen

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Anne Wiazemsky notableWork Le Gai Savoir
Juliet Berto notableWork Le Gai Savoir
Juliet Berto appearedIn Le Gai Savoir
Jean-Pierre Kalfon notableWork Le Gai Savoir