Godard's King Lear ( Jean-Luc Godard's King Lear )

Godard's King Lear (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Jean-Luc Godard's King Lear
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Mono )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
87 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1987 and produced in:
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Jean-Luc Godard

Written By:
William Shakespeare

Actors:
Woody Allen ..... Mr. Alien (uncredited)
Freddy Buache ..... Professor Quentin (uncredited)
Leos Carax ..... Edgar (uncredited)
Julie Delpy ..... Virginia (uncredited)
Jean-Luc Godard ..... Professor Pluggy (uncredited)
Suzanne Lanza ..... (uncredited)
Kate Mailer ..... Herself (uncredited)
Norman Mailer ..... The Great Writer (uncredited)
Burgess Meredith ..... Don Learo (uncredited)
Michèle Pétin ..... Journalist (uncredited)
Molly Ringwald ..... Cordelia (uncredited)
Peter Sellars ..... William Shaksper Junior the Fifth

Synopsis:

Two highly talented and innovative directors -- filmdom's Jean-Luc Godard and the theatre world's Peter Sellars -- join forces in this unusual (to say the least) slant on Shakespeare's King Lear. This offbeat adaptation gives the viewer a postmodern taste of Shakespeare through the eyes of a deliberately obscure auteur. The film is set some time after Chernobyl has wiped everything out, and the world is trying to set itself right again. William Shakespeare Jr. the Fifth (Peter Sellars) is faced with the task of restoring his famed ancestor's lost works. He visits a resort in Switzerland and becomes fascinated with a visiting gangster, Don Learo (Burgess Meredith) and his lovely daughter, Cordelia (Molly Ringwald), who converse in actual Shakespearean lines. That's as close to the bard as this King Lear gets. It also includes appearances by Woody Allen, Norman Mailer, and director Godard himself as "The Professor," a deranged individual who seems fascinated with Xeroxing his own hand.

When travelling in Europe, William Shakespeare the Fifth, becomes fixated upon a mad old American called Learo and his daughter. Shakespeare endeavours to put them in a film, but it is not easy.

A wealthy corporate executive arrives in Switzerland in search of a reclusive filmmaker to reaffirm his faith in the art form.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 28 December, 2009.

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