Pierre-Alain Besse

Most Popular Pierre-Alain Besse Trailers

Total trailers found: 14

The Last Word Trailer (1988)

26 October 1988

A short commissioned piece on 'famous last words' set in WWII.

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1a: All the (Hi)stories Trailer (1989)

16 November 1989

A very personal look at the history of cinema directed, written and edited by Jean-Luc Godard in his Swiss residence in Rolle for ten years (1988-98); a monumental collage, constructed from film fragments, texts and quotations, photos and paintings, music and sound, and diverse readings; a critical, beautiful and melancholic vision of cinematographic art.

Oh, Woe Is Me Trailer (1993)

08 September 1993

This complex allegorical tale tells the story of man’s quest for spiritual meaning. When God enters the body of 1980s filmmaker Simon Donnadieu, his wife Rachel realizes that something has gone awry, but chooses to remain faithful to her erratically-behaving husband.

Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company Trailer (1986)

28 August 1986

Director Gaspard Bazin is working on a new feature film. For now, he's still looking at the fundraising and casting stage of the process.

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero Trailer (1993)

15 January 1993

The supremely world-weary Lemmy Caution, last seen in Godard's "Alphaville" (France/1965), has several strange encounters while trying to make his way from the former East Germany to "the west.

Nouvelle Vague Trailer (1990)

23 May 1990

Composed entirely of literary quotations from many different sources and from several historical periods, the loose narrative concerns a drifter found by a rich woman who soon falls in love with him.

Moments choisis des Histoire(s) du cinéma Trailer (2006)

20 February 2006

A very personal look at the history of cinema directed, written and edited by Jean-Luc Godard in his Swiss residence in Rolle for ten years (1988-98); a monumental collage, constructed from film fragments, texts and quotations, photos and paintings, music and sound, and diverse readings; a critical, beautiful and melancholic vision of cinematographic art.

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story Trailer (1989)

16 November 1989

A very personal look at the history of cinema directed, written and edited by Jean-Luc Godard in his Swiss residence in Rolle for ten years (1988-98); a monumental collage, constructed from film fragments, texts and quotations, photos and paintings, music and sound, and diverse readings; a critical, beautiful and melancholic vision of cinematographic art.

Lou Didn’t Say No Trailer (1994)

21 December 1994

Moments and aspects of the life of a contemporary married couple undergoing a metamorphosis.

The Power of Speech Trailer (1988)

31 December 1988

Godard blends elements of literature, cinema and other artistic medias from different historical periods in order to make a stance on how words can be subverted and manipulated to many different contexts, sometimes bearing a similar significance to the original material or even creating an alternate context.

Life Trailer (2001)

12 April 2001

"Jiyan" takes place in Halabja about five years after Saddam's infamous chemical attack in 1988. Diyari (Kurdo Galali) has come from his new homeland, America, to put up a badly needed new orphanage.

The Darty Report Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

A daring deconstruction of consumerist behavior featuring a robot and Miss Clio Darty, with a voiceover by Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville, this philosophical "report," like so many of Godard's commissions, was rejected by its funders.

JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December Trailer (1995)

08 March 1995

Director Jean-Luc Godard reflects in this movie about his place in film history, the interaction of film industry and film as art, as well as the act of creating art.

Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard: The Meeting in St-Gervais Trailer (2011)

07 April 2011

In 2009, in a small theater in Geneva, Switzerland, the film directors Marcel Ophuls and Jean-Luc Godard met for an unusual, surprisngly intimate and sometimes contentious dialogue with each other in front of a live audience.