Jean-Luc Godard, who is considered to be the godfather of the French New Wave cinema, passed away at the age of 91, reported French paper Liberation. The art film movement emerged in the late 1950s in France and it is considered to be one of the most influential film movements of all time. Godard, along with filmmakers such as Francois Truffaut, Eric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette are considered to be pioneers of the movement.
The iconic filmmaker helmed a couple of short films before foraying into the New Wave Moment. The movement is marked by some of his legendary films such as Breathless, Pierrot le Fou, Contempt, My Life to Live, and A Woman is A Woman among others, which keep inspiring filmmakers to date.
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Following his demise, netizens took to social media to share stills from his film and paid tribute to the legendary auteur. Take a look at their reactions:
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>anna karina.<br>jean-luc godard.<br>🖤🖤🖤 <a href=”https://t.co/zI8a2WPRvk”>pic.twitter.com/zI8a2WPRvk</a></p>— x. (@xarunn) <a href=”https://twitter.com/xarunn/status/1569064985388777472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>September 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Jean-Luc Godard <a href=”https://t.co/WwSHKVsMDJ”>pic.twitter.com/WwSHKVsMDJ</a></p>— Emir Han (@RealEmirHan) <a href=”https://twitter.com/RealEmirHan/status/1569610229964234755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>September 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Jean Luc Godard RIP<br><br>3 December 1930 – 13 September 2022<br><br>“Jean-Luc gave me a gift to play all of those parts. It was like Pygmalion, you know? I was Eliza Doolittle and he was the teacher.”<br>Anna Karina <br> <a href=”https://t.co/slJwMlHy9b”>pic.twitter.com/slJwMlHy9b</a></p>— La femme merveilleuse invisible (@larwoolf) <a href=”https://twitter.com/larwoolf/status/1569607771624198152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>September 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>goodbye, mr. godard<br>thank you for everything. <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/rip?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#rip</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/jeanlucgodard?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#jeanlucgodard</a> <a href=”https://t.co/LmdKZBtHKI”>pic.twitter.com/LmdKZBtHKI</a></p>— NAWAPOL THAMRONGRATTANARIT (@ter_nawapol) <a href=”https://twitter.com/ter_nawapol/status/1569605083469606913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>September 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
Jean-Luc Godard was married twice, once to actress Anna Karina with whom he collaborated for some of his most acclaimed films. He was later married to Anne Wiazemsky who was also a French actress and appeared in several films by Godard. The filmmaker is survived by his partner Anne-Marie Miéville.
