num_pages: 208
description: Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le fou (1965), made at the height of the French New Wave, remains a milestone in French cinema. More accessible than his later films, it represents the diverse facets of Godard's concerns and themes: a bittersweet analysis of male-female relations; an interrogation of the image; personal and international politics; the existential dilemmas of consumer society. This volume brings together essays by five prominent scholars of French film. They approach Pierrot le fou from the perspectives of image-and-word-play, aesthetics and politics, history, and high- and popular culture. A full filmography and a selection of reviews are included.
language: English
title: Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le Fou
titlecomplete: Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le Fou (Cambridge Film Handbooks)
genres: Film, Nonfiction, Essays
ratings_count: 18
series: Cambridge Film Handbooks
publisher: Cambridge University Press