Le gai savoir
By: Gaumont presents ; written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard ; a Gaumont - Bavaria Atelier Gesellschaft co-production
Contributors: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778, author; Léaud, Jean-Pierre, 1944- actor; Berto, Juliet, actor; Hell, Richard, writer of added commentary; Nayman, Adam, writer of added commentary; Gaumont (Firm); Bavaria Atelier (Firm); Kino Lorber, Inc; Kino Classics (Firm)
Published: 2017
Language: fre
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 92
Subjects: Drama; Motion picture industry
Other titles: Joy of learning; Joyful wisdom; Joy of knowledge; Gaia ciência; Fröhliche Wissenschaft; Promenade dans Le gai savoir.
Description: Emile and Patricia stumble across each other in an abandoned TV studio. They meet for 7 nights to carry out a 3-year plan to create a new cinema. The plan results in a parade of sounds and images, while Emile, Patricia, and Godard (as the narrator) comment on the film which is being created, taken apart, and assembled in front of the viewer.
Notes: Dates from packaging copyright on disc surface.

Originally produced as a motion picture in France in 1968; in USA in 1969.

Booklet (14 pages ; illustrations) with essays by Richard Hell and Adam Nayman in English inserted in container.

Special features include video "Promenade dans Le gai savoir" by Fabrice Aragno; audio commentary by film critic Adrian Martin.

Director of photography, Georges Leclerc ; narrator (voice), Jean-Luc Godard.

Jean-Pierre Leaud, Juliet Berto.

DVD, region 1, NTSC, full screen (1.37:1); 2.0 mono.

In French; with optional English subtitles.