The Kids Play Russian + JLG/JLG - Self-Portrait in December (Cine Fan)
Genre
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Release Date
17 Jun 2023 (Sat)
Category
III (HK), ---(Macau)
Running Time
115 Minutes
Language
French, English, Russian
Subtitle
English
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Cast
László Szabó, Jean-Luc Godard, Bernard Eisenschitz, André S. Labarthe, Geneviève Pasquier, Denis Jabót
Synopsis
In an attempt to define the birth of fiction and cinema in the wake of the Cold War, Godard employs fictional characters like Anna Karenina to analyse the reality and ask a basic question: Why does the West want to invade Russia. One of Godard’s rarely-seen films, made as an exercise and a variation in the midst of producing the expansive episodes of Historie(s) of Cinema, The Kids Play Russian is a requiem that uses its narrative as a mere pretext for the montage of footage from Russian cinema giants, ranging from Eisenstein to Tarkovsky, to mesmerising effects.
‘Self-portrait, not autobiography.’ Godard reminds us in this melancholic and comedic retrospection before the completion of his magnum opus, Historie(s) of Cinema. Leafing through a notebook containing his thoughts and quotations, Godard meditates on his childhood portrait, noting his early inclination towards mourning, and offers philosophical musings on the meaning and nature of cinema in relation to history and memory.
‘Self-portrait, not autobiography.’ Godard reminds us in this melancholic and comedic retrospection before the completion of his magnum opus, Historie(s) of Cinema. Leafing through a notebook containing his thoughts and quotations, Godard meditates on his childhood portrait, noting his early inclination towards mourning, and offers philosophical musings on the meaning and nature of cinema in relation to history and memory.
In an attempt to define the birth of fiction and cinema in the wake of the Cold War, Godard employs fictional characters like Anna Karenina to analyse the reality and ask a basic question: Why does the West want to invade Russia. One of Godard’s rarely-seen films, made as an exercise and a variation in the midst of producing the expansive episodes of Historie(s) of Cinema, The Kids Play Russian is a requiem that uses its narrative as a mere pretext for the montage of footage from Russian cinema giants, ranging from Eisenstein to Tarkovsky, to mesmerising effects.
‘Self-portrait, not autobiography.’ Godard reminds us in this melancholic and comedic retrospection before the completion of his magnum opus, Historie(s) of Cinema. Leafing through a notebook containing his thoughts and quotations, Godard meditates on his childhood portrait, noting his early inclination towards mourning, and offers philosophical musings on the meaning and nature of cinema in relation to history and memory.
‘Self-portrait, not autobiography.’ Godard reminds us in this melancholic and comedic retrospection before the completion of his magnum opus, Historie(s) of Cinema. Leafing through a notebook containing his thoughts and quotations, Godard meditates on his childhood portrait, noting his early inclination towards mourning, and offers philosophical musings on the meaning and nature of cinema in relation to history and memory.
