A Film Like Any Other(UN FILM COMMES LES AUTRES)
Dir: Jean-Luc Godard
France, 1968, French, 107mins, DCP
July 1968, in the outskirts of Paris. Obscured by tall grass, five students and workers meet to discuss the challenges of uniting militants across class lines. Punctuated by newsreel footage of May 1968, A Film Like Any Other is akin to a militant remake of Jean Rouch’s Chronicle of a Summer (1961). The film also marks Godard’s transformation from an activist-filmmaker into a filmmaking activist: the cacophonous soundtrack – a tapestry of voiceovers about past and present struggles in France and abroad – offers a sign of Godard’s sub-summation of his one voice into that of a collective.
PREMIERE Elements (Venue)
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
Hong Kong Film Archive
K11 Art House
The Metroplex
Festival Grand Cinema
the sky
MCL Telford Cinema
Tai Kwun
MOViE MOViE
CINE FAN ONLINE
EMP Cinemas iSQUARE (Venue)
M+ Cinema (Venue)
EMP Cinemas Times Square (Venue)
The Grand Cinema
Broadway Hollywood
Cine Moko
Chinese Subtitles
Category III
Post-screening discussion with the director
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
Post-screening talk
Full House
Introduction