New Delhi [India], Sep 14 (ANI): French-Swiss film director Jean-Luc Godard, the godfather of France’s New Wave cinema, died on Tuesday at the age of 91. Bollywood celebs including Farhan Akhtar and Ranveer Singh mourned on social media.
Filmmaker-actor Farhan Akhtar took to his Instagram stories and shared a black and white picture of Jean-Luc Godard along with a caption.
He wrote, “A legend of world cinema left us today, RIP Jean-Luc Godard.”
In the picture, the director is seen wearing a suit. He was seen wearing a pair of shades and a cigar in his mouth.
Actor Ranveer Singh also shared a picture.
The news of his death was confirmed by French media on Tuesday morning.
According to Fox News, Goddard is considered an important figure in the French New Wave movement. The movement, which differed from previous film styles, emphasized realism in storytelling while incorporating experimentation with editing techniques.
Goddard’s first film, A Bout de Soufflé (Breathless), established him as one of the world’s most important and provocative directors in Europe and beyond.
Jean-Paul Belmondo rose to fame thanks to his films. When Pope John Paul II denounced Goddard’s controversial modern nativity play “Hail Mary” in 1985, it made headlines.
In 1963, Goddard collaborated with the iconic French actress Brigitte Bardot on the film Le Mépris (Contempt).
According to Variety, Goddard’s most ambitious project was his multipart video project “Histoire(s) du Cinema” (1988–1998), a symbolic and highly personal examination of the concept of cinema and its relation to the twentieth century. His most recent films, “In Praise of Love” (2001) and “Notre Music” (2004) were critically acclaimed at the Cannes Film Festival. When his “film socialism” was screened at Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2010, it received a more entertaining response; The highly experimental work ended with a title card that read “No Comment,” a statement reflected in Goddard’s conspicuous absence from the festival.
However, Goddard experienced a significant career resurgence at Cannes in 2014 with “Goodbye to Language”, in which he experimented with the 3D format, while adding “a particularly emphatic take on everything from state to state of films”. Provided playful, mordant commentary. World,” as described by Variety’s Scott Foundes. It won the festival’s jury prize (shared with Xavier Dolan’s “Mommy”) and later won Goddard’s Best Picture award and his partner, the Swiss director Anne-Marie Miville, collaborated closely for at least the last 30 years of his life.
Goddard married Anna Karina in 1961, who appeared in several of his films. He married Anne Vyazemensky in 1965, after the couple divorced.
Many filmmakers were influenced by the great director, including Martin Scorsese, Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino. (ANI)
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