Jean-Luc Godard
Nouvelle Vague
This is the complete soundtrack – music, dialogue, sounds – of Jean-Luc Godard’s Nouvelle Vague, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990. "In making this film," Godard said at a press conference later that year, "I heard a great deal of music; music produced by Manfred Eicher. I can well imagine how musicians are inspired and influenced by these sounds. And I too have immersed myself in this music, and I have felt,in my work, like a musician." Interviewed at the Toronto Film Festival of 19…
Histoire(s) De Musique
A wonderful collection of music from the films of Jean-Luc Godard -- sounds that are almost as striking as the images on the screen! Given that most Godard soundtracks were only issued as 45s in France, this collection is a lot more complete than you might think -- offering up the key tracks released from many of these films, and presenting a rich document of the music used during some of Godard's most productive years. There's a strong jazz undercurrent to many tunes -- echoes of the new wave u…
Four Short Films
Four short video works by Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville made between 1993 and 2002: Je vous salue, Sarajevo, De l'origine du XXIe siècle, The Old Place and Liberté et patrie. ECM's first DVD (2006), with a trilingual book.