JeanLuc Godard’s Unmade and Abandoned Projects

<p>Jean-Luc Godard left behind more than three hundred unrealized projects, from feature films and television pieces to plays, books, exhibitions and even a camera design. <i>Jean-Luc Godard’s Unmade and Abandoned Projects</i> is the first full account of this unseen body of work.<br><br>Using material from archives and private collections, Michael Witt reconstructs these unfinished ventures and sets them in context across six areas: literature, cinema, theatre, television, politics and history. Detailed case studies range from an anti-colonial production planned in Mozambique to book and video projects in France, a television experiment in Quebec, and uncompleted films in America and the Middle East, showing how ideas discarded in one period often resurface in later works.<br><br>By mapping the connections between Godard’s abandoned plans and his completed output, this unique volume offers a new perspective on the filmmaker’s creative process and reassesses his artistic legacy.</p>