Richard Brody, a film critic and editor at "The New Yorker," is also an independent filmmaker who lives in New York City. "Everything Is Cinema" is his first book.
"Richard Brody's biography of Godard--arguably the most important,
enigmatic, and exciting filmmaker of the second half of the 20th
century--effortlessly weaves intellectual history, a personal saga,
and an authoritative reading of the films themselves into a
seamless web. It virtually crackles with intelligence, and is a
must read for anyone interested in cinema."--Peter Biskind, author
of "Gods and Monsters: Thirty Years of Writing on Film and
Culture""Full of lucid analysis and human context, Richard Brody's
book performs a heroic act in rescuing Godard and his growing shelf
of works from the prison of myth and theory, from the cult of youth
and the cult of the '60s, restoring him to his place as an engaged,
hard-working artist."--Jonathan Lethem, author of "The Fortress of
Solitude"
"Godard changed the movies as much as the American masters he grew
up on: Welles, Hawks, Hitchcock, and the rest. He is as original as
Picasso--but unlike Picasso, he has been denied the biography he
has always deserved. This is it. Just at the moment when the New
Wave turns fifty, Richard Brody has given us "Everything is
Cinema," a remarkable book which describes with sharp intelligence
a great and elusive artist's times, intellect, passions, and
work."--Wes Anderson, writer and director of "Rushmore," "The Royal
Tenenbaums," and "The Life Aquatic"
""Everything Is Cinema "is better than a biography, it is a novel.
And a great novel, in which one discovers the story of a man who
almost picked the wrong art form, a struggling writer who became an
immense filmmaker."--Bernard-Henri Levy, author of "American
Vertigo"
"Richard Brody's biography of Godard—arguably the most important,
enigmatic, and exciting filmmaker of the second half of the 20th
century—effortlessly weaves intellectual history, a personal saga,
and an authoritative reading of the films themselves into a
seamless web. It virtually crackles with intelligence, and is a
must read for anyone interested in cinema."—Peter Biskind, author
of "Gods and Monsters: Thirty Years of Writing on Film and
Culture""Full of lucid analysis and human context, Richard Brody's
book performs a heroic act in rescuing Godard and his growing shelf
of works from the prison of myth and theory, from the cult of youth
and the cult of the '60s, restoring him to his place as an engaged,
hard-working artist."—Jonathan Lethem, author of "The Fortress of
Solitude"
"Godard changed the movies as much as the American masters he grew
up on: Welles, Hawks, Hitchcock, and the rest. He is as original as
Picasso—but unlike Picasso, h
"Richard Brody's biography of Godard--arguably the most important,
enigmatic, and exciting filmmaker of the second half of the 20th
century--effortlessly weaves intellectual history, a personal saga,
and an authoritative reading of the films themselves into a
seamless web. It virtually crackles with intelligence, and is a
must read for anyone interested in cinema."--Peter Biskind, author
of "Gods and Monsters: Thirty Years of Writing on Film and
Culture""Full of lucid analysis and human context, Richard Brody's
book performs a heroic act in rescuing Godard and his growing shelf
of works from the prison of myth and theory, from the cult of youth
and the cult of the '60s, restoring him to his place as an engaged,
hard-working artist."--Jonathan Lethem, author of "The Fortress of
Solitude"
"Godard changed the movies as much as the American masters he grew
up on: Welles, Hawks, Hitchcock, and the rest. He is as original as
Picasso--but unlike Picasso, he has been denied the biography he
has always deserved. This is it. Just at the moment when the New
Wave turns fifty, Richard Brody has given us "Everything is
Cinema," a remarkable book which describes with sharp intelligence
a great and elusive artist's times, intellect, passions, and
work."--Wes Anderson, writer and director of "Rushmore," "The Royal
Tenenbaums," and "The Life Aquatic"
""Everything Is Cinema "is better than a biography, it is a novel.
And a great novel, in which one discovers the story of a man who
almost picked the wrong art form, a struggling writer who became an
immense filmmaker."--Bernard-Henri Levy, author of "American
Vertigo"
"Richard Brody's biography of Godard-arguably the most important,
enigmatic, and exciting filmmaker of the second half of the 20th
century-effortlessly weaves intellectual history, a personal saga,
and an authoritative reading of the films themselves into a
seamless web. It virtually crackles with intelligence, and is a
must read for anyone interested in cinema."-Peter Biskind, author
of "Gods and Monsters: Thirty Years of Writing on Film and
Culture"
"Full of lucid analysis and human context, Richard Brody's book
performs a heroic act in rescuing Godard and his growing shelf of
works from the prison of myth and theory, from the cult of youth
and the cult of the '60s, restoring him to his place as an engaged,
hard-working artist."-Jonathan Lethem, author of "The Fortress of
Solitude"
"Godard changed the movies as much as the American masters he grew
up on: Welles, Hawks, Hitchcock, and the rest. He is as original as
Picasso-but unlike Picasso, he has been denied the biography he has
always deserved. This is it. Just at the moment when the New Wave
turns fifty, Richard Brody has given us "Everything is Cinema," a
remarkable book which describes with sharp intelligence a great and
elusive artist's times, intellect, passions, and work."-Wes
Anderson, writer and director of "Rushmore," "The Royal
Tenenbaums," and "The Life Aquatic"
""Everything Is Cinema "is better than a biography, it is a novel.
And a great novel, in which one discovers the story of a man who
almost picked the wrong art form, a struggling writer who became an
immense filmmaker."-Bernard-Henri Levy, author of "American
Vertigo"
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