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Notebook from the exhibition Keeping Tale of Current Times: Jean-Luc Godard, on display at the Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira from November 2024 to July 2025
Notebook from the exhibition Keeping Tale of Current Times: Jean-Luc Godard, on display at the Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira from November 2024 to July 2025
With a hardcover illustrated with an image from the exhibition, this notebook is a tribute to Godard's avant-garde legacy, reflecting his innovative approach to cinema and visual storytelling. Perfect for notes, sketches, or reflections, it is an essential accessory for cinephiles, students, artists, and anyone who appreciates the intersection of cinema, art, and critical thinking.
Combining functionality with an exclusive design, this notebook is more than just a writing tool—it is a collectible piece that carries the provocative and revolutionary spirit of Godard.
The title of the exhibition, ‘Tenant conte des temps actuels’, [Keeping tale of current times] is taken from Film annonce du film ‘Drôles de Guerre’ (1er Tournage) [Trailer of the Film That Will Never Exist: ‘Phony Wars’ (2022)]. ‘It was a question of no longer trusting the billions of diktats of the alphabet and giving back their freedom to the incessant metamorphoses and metaphors of a real language by returning to the locations of past shoots, while keeping tale of current times.’ The superimposition between Tenant conte / Tenant compte (Telling [a tale] / Keeping tale) combines notions of fabrication and of accuracy; imagination and description; invention and attention – in short, the requirements and resources of cinema in the face of reality.
In 1993, Jean-Luc Godard met Manoel de Oliveira for a major interview for Libération, appearing on the paper's cover on 4-5 September. In it, Oliveira uttered a phrase that haunted Godard's films and cinephiles ever since: ‘That's what I like about cinema in general: a saturation of magnificent signs bathed in the light of their lack of explanation.’ In 1998, Manoel de Oliveira dedicated a poem to Jean-Luc Godard, Yellow Dog, which ends with these lines: ‘a peerless cinema / called Godard.’ These literary exchanges culminate in a dialogue between films: Film Socialisme (2010) by Jean-Luc Godard can be seen as a response to Um Filme Falado (2003) by Manoel de Oliveira.
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Notebook from the exhibition Keeping Tale of Current Times: Jean-Luc Godard, on display at the Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira from November 2024 to July 2025
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