Joy of Learning (1969)
Le gai savoir (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 35min
- Drama
- 12 Jul 1969 (UK)
- Movie
- 1 nomination.
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Cast
| Jean-Luc Godard | ... |
Narrator (voice)
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| Juliet Berto | ... |
Patricia Lumumba (uncredited)
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| Jean-Pierre Léaud | ... |
Émile Rousseau (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Jean-Luc Godard | ... | (uncredited) |
Written by
| Jean-Luc Godard | ... | () (uncredited) |
Produced by
| Jean-Luc Godard | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
| Georges Leclerc | ... | (uncredited) |
Editing by
| Germaine Cohen | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Anouchka Films
- Bavaria Atelier (co-production)
- Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF) (for)
- Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR) (for)
Distributors
- Neue Filmkunst Walter Kirchner (1969) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- EYR (1970) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Koch Lorber Films (2008) (United States) (DVD) (subtitled)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2011) (Germany) (DVD) (Jean-Luc Goddard Edition 2)
- Ripley's Home Video (2012) (Italy) (DVD)
- Kino Lorber (2017) (United States) (DVD) (subtitled)
- Distribuzione Art Essai (DAE) (1971) (Italy) (theatrical)
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Storyline
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How do we learn? What do we know? Night after night, not long before dawn, two young adults, Patricia and Emile, meet on a sound stage to discuss learning, discourse, and the path to revolution. Scenes of Paris's student revolt, the Vietnam War, and other events of the late 1960s, along with posters, photographs, and cartoons, are backdrops to their words. Words themselves are often Patricia and Emile's subject, as are images, sounds, and juxtapositions. In addition to the two characters' musings, the soundtrack includes narration, music, news clips, and noise. The result is a montage, a meditation, a reflection on ideas and how words and images mix - and how filmmaking is a path.
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This movie was commissioned by the ORTF, France's public television, which eventually refused to air it. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Godard in America (1970). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310 (1. Allegro maestoso) See more » |