PDF No Beethoven: An Autobiography and Chronicle of Weather Report by Peter Erskine in Arts-Photography

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A landmark biography explores the crucial resonances among the life; work; and times of one of the most influential filmmakers of our ageWhen Jean-Luc Godard wed the ideals of filmmaking to the realities of autobiography and current events; he changed the nature of cinema. Unlike any earlier films; Godards work shifts fluidly from fiction to documentary; from criticism to art. The man himself also projects shifting imagesmdash;cultural hero; fierce loner; shrewd businessman. Hailed by filmmakers as amdash;if not themdash;key influence on cinema; Godard has entered the modern canon; a figure as mysterious as he is indispensable.In Everything Is Cinema; critic Richard Brody has amassed hundreds of interviews to demystify the elusive director and his work. Paying as much attention to Godards technical inventions as to the political forces of the postwar world; Brody traces an arc from the directors early critical writing; through his popular success with Breathless; to the grand vision of his later years. He vividly depicts Godards wealthy conservative family; his fluid politics; and his tumultuous dealings with women and fellow New Wave filmmakers.Everything Is Cinema confirms Godards greatness and shows decisively that his films have left their mark on screens everywhere.