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British Sounds (1970)

British Sounds (1970)

Documentary
Release Date: 1970, May 21
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Henri Roger
Countries: France, United Kingdom
Production: LWT, Kestrel Films, Groupe Dziga Vertov, Groupe Dziga Vertov

Overview:

Jean-Luc Godard brings his firebrand political cinema to the UK, exploring the revolutionary signals in late '60s British society. Constructed as a montage of various disconnected political acts (in line with Godard's then appropriation of Soviet director Dziga Vertov's agitprop techniques), it combines a diverse range of footage, from students discussing The Beatles to the production line at the MG factory in Oxfordshire, burnished with onscreen political sloganeering.

Keywords:

social commentary feminism assembly line socialism british politics contemplative cinema agit-prop car factory