“Revolution Writing”: Jean-Luc Godard’s cinétracts and the Art of May 1968

Authors

  • Dominic Topp University of Kent

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-7114.sig.2018.141980

Keywords:

Jean-Luc Godard, political cinema, May 1968

Abstract

This article examines Jean-Luc Godard’s involvement with the ciné-tracts project during May and June 1968. It explores two approaches to cultural production that were prominent in France in this period, and that influenced Godard’s artistic practice: one utilitarian, the other modernist. It then offers a detailed analysis of the ciné-tracts that Godard produced, considering how these influences are manifested in both their referential materials and their formal practices.

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Author Biography

  • Dominic Topp, University of Kent
    Profesor asociado en Cine en la Universidad de Kent, Reino Unido, donde enseña cursos de Historia del Cine, Arte y Cine, Cine Europeo de Posguerra, y Cognición y Emoción en Cine. En 2017 fue profesor invitado en la Facultad de Comunicaciones de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, donde enseñó un curso de Cine Clásico. Sus escritos sobre cine han aparecido en Studies in European Cinema y Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, y tiene capítulos en prensa sobre el maoísmo francés y las películas del Grupo Dziga Vertov, y el uso de revistas de fans para estudiar la percepción del público de directores del Hollywood clásico. Es miembro de la British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) y el Aesthetics Research Group (ARC) de la Universidad de Kent.

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Published

2018-07-04

Issue

Vol. 45 No. 50 (2018): Dossiê Os anos 1968 no cinema

Section

Dossier

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Topp, D. (2018). “Revolution Writing”: Jean-Luc Godard’s cinétracts and the Art of May 1968. Significação: Journal of Audiovisual Culture, 45(50), 22-43. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-7114.sig.2018.141980