Histoire(s) du cinema (Jean-Luc Godard)

Synopsis Undeniably a work of enormous scope, Jean-Luc Godard's Histoires du cinéma eludes easy definition. An extended essay on cinema by means of cinema. A history of the cinema, and history interpreted by the cinema. An hommage and a critique. An anecdotal autobiography, illuminated by Godard's encyclopedic wit, extending the idiom established by JLG par JLG. An epic - and non-linear - poem. A freely associative essay. A vast multi-layered musical composition. Histoires du cinéma is all of these. It is above all, a work made by a man who loves and is fascinated by the world of film. For American movie critic Jonathan Rosenbaum, Godard's video series represents the culmination of 20th century filmmaking, and is a work "of enormous importance": "Just as Finnegans Wake, the art work to which Histoires du cinéma seems most comparable, situates itself at some theoretical stage after the end of the English language as we know it, Godard's magnum opus similarly projects itself into the future in order to ask, 'What was cinema?'." Histoire(s) du cinema; - as TV series/video essay - was made for Canal+, ARTE and Gaumont, from 1988 to 1998. The work subdivides into four chapters of two parts each. Of those four chapters, the first was broadcasted on five European channels simultaneously, the three others have been screened at film festivals. The series was shown as part of an installation at Documenta X, the interdisciplinary arts festival in Kassel, Germany, in 1997. The Museum of Modern Art in New York has screened each episode as it has become available. ECM Records File Name .........................................: Histoire(s) du cinma - 1.Toutes les histoires (1988).avi File Size (in bytes) ............................: 631,797,760 bytes Runtime ............................................: 50:29.960 Video Codec ...................................: XviD 1.2 SMP Frame Size ......................................: 640x496 (AR: 1.290) FPS .................................................: 25.000 Video Bitrate ...................................: 1511 kb/s Bits per Pixel ...................................: 0.190 bpp B-VOP, N-VOP, QPel, GMC.............: [B-VOP], [], [], [] Audio Codec ...................................: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3 Sample Rate ...................................: 48000 Hz Audio Bitrate ...................................: 151 kb/s [2 channel(s)] VBR No. of audio streams ......................: 1 File Name .........................................: Histoire(s) du cinma - 2. Une histoire seule (1989).avi File Size (in bytes) ............................: 519,901,184 bytes Runtime ............................................: 41:31.040 Video Codec ...................................: XviD 1.2 SMP Frame Size ......................................: 640x496 (AR: 1.290) FPS .................................................: 25.000 Video Bitrate ...................................: 1512 kb/s Bits per Pixel ...................................: 0.191 bpp B-VOP, N-VOP, QPel, GMC.............: [B-VOP], [], [], [] Audio Codec ...................................: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3 Sample Rate ...................................: 48000 Hz Audio Bitrate ...................................: 150 kb/s [2 channel(s)] VBR No. of audio streams ......................: 1 File Name .........................................: Histoire(s) du cinma - 3. Seul le cinma (1997).avi File Size (in bytes) ............................: 331,757,568 bytes Runtime ............................................: 26:30.960 Video Codec ...................................: XviD 1.2 SMP Frame Size ......................................: 640x496 (AR: 1.290) FPS .................................................: 25.000 Video Bitrate ...................................: 1511 kb/s Bits per Pixel ...................................: 0.190 bpp B-VOP, N-VOP, QPel, GMC.............: [B-VOP], [], [], [] Audio Codec ...................................: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3 Sample Rate ...................................: 48000 Hz Audio Bitrate ...................................: 148 kb/s [2 channel(s)] VBR No. of audio streams ......................: 1 File Name .........................................: Histoire(s) du cinma - 4. Fatale beaut (1997).avi File Size (in bytes) ............................: 352,294,912 bytes Runtime ............................................: 28:07.000 Video Codec ...................................: XviD 1.2 SMP Frame Size ......................................: 640x496 (AR: 1.290) FPS .................................................: 25.000 Video Bitrate ...................................: 1516 kb/s Bits per Pixel ...................................: 0.191 bpp B-VOP, N-VOP, QPel, GMC.............: [B-VOP], [], [], [] Audio Codec ...................................: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3 Sample Rate ...................................: 48000 Hz Audio Bitrate ...................................: 150 kb/s [2 channel(s)] VBR No. of audio streams ......................: 1 File Name .........................................: Histoire(s) du cinma - 5. Une vague nouvelle (1998).avi File Size (in bytes) ............................: 337,180,672 bytes Runtime ............................................: 26:59.040 Video Codec ...................................: XviD 1.2 SMP Frame Size ......................................: 640x480 (AR: 1.333) FPS .................................................: 25.000 Video Bitrate ...................................: 1510 kb/s Bits per Pixel ...................................: 0.197 bpp B-VOP, N-VOP, QPel, GMC.............: [B-VOP], [], [], [] Audio Codec ...................................: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3 Sample Rate ...................................: 48000 Hz Audio Bitrate ...................................: 148 kb/s [2 channel(s)] VBR No. of audio streams ......................: 1 File Name .........................................: Histoire(s) du cinma - 6. La monnaie de l'absolu (1998).avi File Size (in bytes) ............................: 329,154,560 bytes Runtime ............................................: 26:22.000 Video Codec ...................................: XviD 1.2 SMP Frame Size ......................................: 640x496 (AR: 1.290) FPS .................................................: 25.000 Video Bitrate ...................................: 1507 kb/s Bits per Pixel ...................................: 0.190 bpp B-VOP, N-VOP, QPel, GMC.............: [B-VOP], [], [], [] Audio Codec ...................................: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3 Sample Rate ...................................: 48000 Hz Audio Bitrate ...................................: 149 kb/s [2 channel(s)] VBR No. of audio streams ......................: 1 File Name .........................................: Histoire(s) du cinma - 7. Le contrle de lunivers (1998).avi File Size (in bytes) ............................: 339,148,800 bytes Runtime ............................................: 27:09.000 Video Codec ...................................: XviD 1.2 SMP Frame Size ......................................: 640x480 (AR: 1.333) FPS .................................................: 25.000 Video Bitrate ...................................: 1511 kb/s Bits per Pixel ...................................: 0.197 bpp B-VOP, N-VOP, QPel, GMC.............: [B-VOP], [], [], [] Audio Codec ...................................: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3 Sample Rate ...................................: 48000 Hz Audio Bitrate ...................................: 149 kb/s [2 channel(s)] VBR No. of audio streams ......................: 1 File Name .........................................: Histoire(s) du cinma - 8. Les signes parmi nous (1998).avi File Size (in bytes) ............................: 460,847,104 bytes Runtime ............................................: 36:51.040 Video Codec ...................................: XviD 1.2 SMP Frame Size ......................................: 640x496 (AR: 1.290) FPS .................................................: 25.000 Video Bitrate ...................................: 1511 kb/s Bits per Pixel ...................................: 0.190 bpp B-VOP, N-VOP, QPel, GMC.............: [B-VOP], [], [], [] Audio Codec ...................................: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3 Sample Rate ...................................: 48000 Hz Audio Bitrate ...................................: 149 kb/s [2 channel(s)] VBR No. of audio streams ......................: 1 File Name .........................................: Deux fois cinquante ans de cinma franais (1995).avi File Size (in bytes) ............................: 622,694,400 bytes Runtime ............................................: 50:09.000 Video Codec ...................................: XviD 1.2 SMP Frame Size ......................................: 640x496 (AR: 1.290) FPS .................................................: 25.000 Video Bitrate ...................................: 1500 kb/s Bits per Pixel ...................................: 0.189 bpp B-VOP, N-VOP, QPel, GMC.............: [B-VOP], [], [], [] Audio Codec ...................................: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3 Sample Rate ...................................: 48000 Hz Audio Bitrate ...................................: 147 kb/s [2 channel(s)] VBR No. of audio streams ......................: 1 Histoire(s) du cinéma: Toutes les histoires (1988) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097514/ Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179216/ Histoire(s) du cinéma: Fatale beauté (1997) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179212/ Histoire(s) du cinéma - 2A: Seul le cinéma (1997) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118339/ Histoire(s) du cinéma: Les signes parmi nous (1998) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179215/ Histoire(s) du cinéma: La monnaie de l'absolu (1998) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179213/ Histoire(s) du cinéma: Le contrôle de l'univers (1998) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179214/ Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une vague nouvelle (1998) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179217/ French audio; English and Portuguese subtitles Ripped and posted at Karagarga by Lucky Luciano. 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shasham (2010-05-26)

Thank you! This is a rare gem.

43seconds (2010-05-27)

Is this the rather common version with the terrible subtitles?

43seconds (2010-05-27)

yea its the KG-rip.. buhu :/

bharatrn (2011-03-15)

Thanks.
My film collection would be poorer without this.

chungwa (2011-10-16)

Thanks for sharing. This is not a rare gem. It is an indescribably awful, rambling pretence.

Splong (2013-03-04)

It's Jean-Luc Godard for goodness sake . Thanks for this GEM !

Barwa99 (2013-04-15)

amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ty!

HeywoodFloyd (2013-05-29)

Thanks a lot for all the videos you've seeded mfccorrea, really appreciated...!

NomadMule (2013-10-13)

A: 9
V: 9
Subs: bad English subtitles (many parts not translated)
thank you @mfccorrea.
does anyone know good English Subs?

spektator (2013-12-16)

There are 3 better versions of English subs (incl. "fully sync" ones) on KG for LuckyLuciano's rip (out of the torrent itself, reposted here, but on forum).