Movie: A Letter to Freddy Buache

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Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard

Self (uncredited)

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    This short film is Godard’s message to the people of Lausanne, specifically journalist and critic Freddy Buache, addressing his reasons why he will not make a film about their town’s 500th anniversary. Rather than cynical or defensive, Godard's bemused narration of the footage of Lausanne is imaginative and even playful, a rumination on cinema's possibilities.

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    1983-06-24

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    5.9

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    Français

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