Is The Image Book sad?

Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Image Book end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Image Book easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Image Book violent?

Not especially. Less violent than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Image Book scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Image Book

Name: The Image Book
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Released: 2018
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville, Jean-Pierre Gos, Buster Keaton, Jean Gabin

Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song.

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard

Produced by Casa Azul Films, Écran noir productions

201888 min6.3 / 10

A radical, formally experimental collage of found images and fragments that uses poetic association and editing as philosophical inquiry into contemporary visual culture and human meaning.

In Le Livre d’Image, Jean-Luc Godard recycles existing images (films, documentaries, paintings, television archives, etc.), quotes excerpts from books, uses fragments of music. The driving force is poetic rhyme, the association or opposition of ideas, the aesthetic spark through editing, the keystone. The author performs the work of a sculptor. The hand, for this, is essential. He praises it at the start. “There are the five fingers. The five senses. The five parts of the world (…). The true condition of man is to think with his hands. Jean-Luc Godard composes a dazzling syncopation of sequences, the surge of which evokes the violence of the flows of our contemporary screens, taken to a level of incandescence rarely achieved. Crowned at Cannes, the last Godard is a shock film, with twilight beauty.

Clusters

Philosophical Life Reflections Dark Comedy Nightmares Art and Philosophy Movements

Genres

Documentary Drama

Keywords

Experimental Cinema Jean-luc Godard

Questions people ask

Is The Image Book sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Does The Image Book end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.
Is The Image Book easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is The Image Book violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Is The Image Book scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.