Jean-Luc Godard's Early Short Films

  • Jean-Luc Godard: All the Boys Are Called Patrick, 1958

  • Jean-Luc Godard: Charlotte et son Jules, 1958

  • Jean-Luc Godard: Une histoire d'eau, 1958



Jean-Luc Godard's Early Short Films



This program of Jean-Luc Godard’s first films ranges from Opération béton, a documentary about the construction of a Swiss dam, to a trio of films about young love, which display his interest in masculine and feminine themes. Une histoire d’eau, written and codirected by François Truffaut, is distinguished by Godard’s editing and use of rapid cuts.

Films in this Screening

Opération béton
(Operation Concrete)

Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland, 1954

FILM DETAILS

Language

  • French
  • with English subtitles

Print Info

  • B&W
  • Digital
  • 17 mins
source
  • Actua Films

All the Boys Are Called Patrick
(Charlotte et Véronique ou Tous les garçons s’appellent Patrick)

Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1958

FILM DETAILS

Language

  • French
  • with English subtitles

Print Info

  • B&W
  • Digital
  • 20 mins
source
  • Icarus Films

Une histoire d’eau
(A Story of Water)

Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, France, 1958

FILM DETAILS

Screenwriter

  • François Truffaut

Language

  • French
  • with English subtitles

Print Info

  • B&W
  • Digital
  • 12 mins
source
  • Icarus Films

Charlotte et son Jules
(Charlotte and Her Boyfriend)

Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1958

FILM DETAILS

Language

  • French
  • with English subtitles

Print Info

  • B&W
  • Digital
  • 13 mins
source
  • Icarus Films

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