Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma
The Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
Originally made for the French TV show «Série Noire», Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma can be seen as Jean-Luc Godard's determined bid to demythologise the movie-making process to a higher plain. Ostensibly seeking to greenlight an adaptation of a James Hadley Chase novel, Jean-Pierre Léaud as a director and Jean Almereyda as a producer mull over the meaning and purpose of cinema. While eyeing beauteous new actresses with a dash of lasciviousness, the pair are also keeping track of would-be backers with more than a dash of cunning manipulation. «Truth is an arrow and the gate is narrow that is passes through.» (Bob Dylan, «When He Returns»)
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Jean-Pierre Léaud - Gaspar Bazin
- Jean-Pierre Mocky - Jean Almereyda
- Marie Valéra - Euridice
- Anne Carrel - Carole
- Jean-Luc Godard
- based on a novel by James Hadley Chase
- Caroline Champetier
- Serge Le François
- Pierre Bingelli (Video)
- Pierre-Alain Besse
- François Musy
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Bob Dylan
- Leonard Cohen
- Janis Joplin
- Joni Mitchell
- Béla Bartók
Capricci Films