In this twisted adaptation of King Lear, Norman Mailer tries to move the play to the American underworld, while William Shakespeare Junior (Peter Sellars), fifth of that name, goes in search of missing works of art in a world devastated by Chernobyl. In the swamps of Nyon, a few believers (including Leos Carax) try out the ideas of a nutty guru. A little known film, yet a pivotal point in Godard’ filmography, prefiguring JLG/JLG. Self-portrait in December. (V.P.)
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean Luc Godard
Technical sheet
ÉCRAN PARALLÈLE - HISTOIRES DE PORTRAIT
USA 1987 Couleur 35 mm 90’
Original version : french, english, russian, japanese.
Script : Jean-Luc Godard.
Photography : Sophie Maintigneux.
Editing : Jean-Luc Godard.
Sound : Stanley B. Gill, François Musy.
Casting : Burgess Meredith, Peter Sellars, Molly Ringwald, Jean-Luc Godard, Woody Allen, Leos Carax, Julie Delpy.
Production : Yoram Globus (JLG Films), Menahem Golan (JLG Films).
