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British Sounds

1970 · 52 min Documentary
5.1 / 10 · TMDB

Jean-Luc Godard brings his firebrand political cinema to the UK, exploring the revolutionary signals in late '60s British society. Constructed as a montage of various disconnected political acts (in line with Godard's then appropriation of Soviet director Dziga Vertov's agitprop techniques), it combines a diverse range of footage, from students discussing The Beatles to the production line at the MG factory in Oxfordshire, burnished with onscreen political sloganeering.

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Year 1970
Country France, United Kingdom
Genre Documentary
Director Jean-Luc Godard
Runtime 52 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.1/10 (27 votes)

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Godard constructs the film as a radical collage, relying on montage of attractions and a rejection of traditional narrative. It explores the fractures in class consciousness by juxtaposing intellectual debate with assembly-line monotony.

What lingers after viewing is not a story, but the rhythm and fury of the edit, which transforms reality into a manifesto. This is a direct political gesture, aggressive and deliberately fragmented. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Jean-Luc Godard

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Watch as a manifesto, with full concentration, ideally after engaging with the theoretical texts of its era.

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