Duras/Godard Dialogues

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Published by Film Desk Books, 2020
Sewn bound hardcover
First printing of 2,000 copies
148 pages
8x6 inches

OUT OF PRINT

Named 10th best book of 2021 in Sight & Sound

“This deceptively slim volume condenses a decade worth of vigorous activity into a few brief, yet enormously rich encounters.”—Sight & Sound

Introduction, afterword and footnotes by Cyril Béghin.
Translation by Nicholas Elliott.

Three dialogues between Marguerite Duras and Jean-Luc Godard from 1979, 1980 and 1987.

“The two demonstrate a profound shared passion, a way of literally being one with a medium and speaking about it with a dazzling lyricism interspersed with dryly ironic remarks, fueled by a conviction that inspires them to traverse history. Their point of intersection is obvious. Duras, a writer, is also a filmmaker, and Godard, a filmmaker, has maintained a distinctive relationship with literature, writing and speech.”—Cyril Béghin

Read an excerpt at The Paris Review

Read Rachel Kushner on the book in Artforum

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Published by Film Desk Books, 2020
Sewn bound hardcover
First printing of 2,000 copies
148 pages
8x6 inches

OUT OF PRINT

Named 10th best book of 2021 in Sight & Sound

“This deceptively slim volume condenses a decade worth of vigorous activity into a few brief, yet enormously rich encounters.”—Sight & Sound

Introduction, afterword and footnotes by Cyril Béghin.
Translation by Nicholas Elliott.

Three dialogues between Marguerite Duras and Jean-Luc Godard from 1979, 1980 and 1987.

“The two demonstrate a profound shared passion, a way of literally being one with a medium and speaking about it with a dazzling lyricism interspersed with dryly ironic remarks, fueled by a conviction that inspires them to traverse history. Their point of intersection is obvious. Duras, a writer, is also a filmmaker, and Godard, a filmmaker, has maintained a distinctive relationship with literature, writing and speech.”—Cyril Béghin

Read an excerpt at The Paris Review

Read Rachel Kushner on the book in Artforum

Published by Film Desk Books, 2020
Sewn bound hardcover
First printing of 2,000 copies
148 pages
8x6 inches

OUT OF PRINT

Named 10th best book of 2021 in Sight & Sound

“This deceptively slim volume condenses a decade worth of vigorous activity into a few brief, yet enormously rich encounters.”—Sight & Sound

Introduction, afterword and footnotes by Cyril Béghin.
Translation by Nicholas Elliott.

Three dialogues between Marguerite Duras and Jean-Luc Godard from 1979, 1980 and 1987.

“The two demonstrate a profound shared passion, a way of literally being one with a medium and speaking about it with a dazzling lyricism interspersed with dryly ironic remarks, fueled by a conviction that inspires them to traverse history. Their point of intersection is obvious. Duras, a writer, is also a filmmaker, and Godard, a filmmaker, has maintained a distinctive relationship with literature, writing and speech.”—Cyril Béghin

Read an excerpt at The Paris Review

Read Rachel Kushner on the book in Artforum

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