JEAN LUC-GODARD & ANNE-MARIE MIÈVILLE: SIX FOIS DEUX, 1976
from 05 SEP 2015 to 13 SEP 2015
In this radically unconventional television series, Godard and Miéville analyze the political economy of personal and mass media communications in relation to society, culture, family and the individual. Their inquiry focuses "on and beneath" communications in a provocative critique of the power of media images in contemporary culture and everyday life. Each of the six programs is constructed of two complementary segments: A discursive visual essay on one aspect of the production and consumption of images is paired with a related interview on labor and leisure with an individual — an amateur filmmaker, a dairy farmer, the mathematician René Thom, Godard himself. These extended interviews provide a subjective counterpoint to the theoretical essays on work, economics and mass cultural imagery. For example, Photos et cie is a deconstructive critique of the manipulatory power of photojournalism, news and advertising images; Leçons de choses studies the production and reception of cultural representations. The filmmakers' refusal to conform to the codes of TV style — interviews are recorded by a fixed camera in a single shot held for an extended duration, images are obscured by the inscription of written text on the screen — imparts a subversive, quirky wit to the overtly political content and understated visuals. Throughout, Godard and Miéville's presence is articulated in the form of unexpected spoken commentary and seemingly spontaneous onscreen text; Godard himself submits to an interview in Jean-Luc. With its dense social analyses and radical conclusions, its relentless questioning and utter rejection of traditional television conventions, Six fois deux is a fascinating and complex inquiry that goes far beyond Godard and Miéville's expressed intention to "do television differently."
Access: free entry
Activity associated to the exhibition "Under the Clouds: From Paranoia to the Digital Sublime”
Image: Still, Courtesy INA, Paris Related Activities SESSION 5 SEPTEMBER (SAT), 18h00
Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marrie MiévilleSix fois deux [Six times Two], 1976Part 1a: Y’a personne [Nobody’s There], 1976Video, colour, sound, 57’20’’Part 1b: Louison, 1976Video, colour, sound, 41’43’’Original language: FrenchPortuguese subtitlesCourtesy INA, Paris SESSION 6 SEPTEMBER (SUN), 18h00
Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marrie MiévilleSix fois deux [Six times Two], 1976Part 2a: Leçons de choses [Lessons about Things], 1976Video, colour, sound, 51’30’’Part 2b: Jean-Luc, 1976Video, colour, sound, 47’50’’Original language: FrenchPortuguese subtitlesCourtesy INA, Paris SESSION 12 SEPTEMBER (SAT), 18h00
Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marrie MiévilleSix fois deux [Six times Two], 1976Part 3a: Photos et cie [Photos and Company], 1976Video, colour, sound, 45’33’’Part 3b: Marcel, 1976Video, colour, sound, 54’48’’Original language: FrenchPortuguese subtitlesCourtesy INA, Paris SESSION 13 SEPTEMBER (SUN), 18h00
Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marrie MiévilleSix fois deux [Six times Two], 1976Part 4a: Pas d’histoire [No History], 1976Video, colour, sound, 56’34’’Part 4b: Nanas, 1976Video, colour, sound, 42’30’’Original language: FrenchPortuguese subtitlesCourtesy INA, Paris
Access: free entry
Activity associated to the exhibition "Under the Clouds: From Paranoia to the Digital Sublime”
Image: Still, Courtesy INA, Paris Related Activities SESSION 5 SEPTEMBER (SAT), 18h00
Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marrie MiévilleSix fois deux [Six times Two], 1976Part 1a: Y’a personne [Nobody’s There], 1976Video, colour, sound, 57’20’’Part 1b: Louison, 1976Video, colour, sound, 41’43’’Original language: FrenchPortuguese subtitlesCourtesy INA, Paris SESSION 6 SEPTEMBER (SUN), 18h00
Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marrie MiévilleSix fois deux [Six times Two], 1976Part 2a: Leçons de choses [Lessons about Things], 1976Video, colour, sound, 51’30’’Part 2b: Jean-Luc, 1976Video, colour, sound, 47’50’’Original language: FrenchPortuguese subtitlesCourtesy INA, Paris SESSION 12 SEPTEMBER (SAT), 18h00
Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marrie MiévilleSix fois deux [Six times Two], 1976Part 3a: Photos et cie [Photos and Company], 1976Video, colour, sound, 45’33’’Part 3b: Marcel, 1976Video, colour, sound, 54’48’’Original language: FrenchPortuguese subtitlesCourtesy INA, Paris SESSION 13 SEPTEMBER (SUN), 18h00
Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marrie MiévilleSix fois deux [Six times Two], 1976Part 4a: Pas d’histoire [No History], 1976Video, colour, sound, 56’34’’Part 4b: Nanas, 1976Video, colour, sound, 42’30’’Original language: FrenchPortuguese subtitlesCourtesy INA, Paris
