{"id":10453,"date":"2013-03-12T20:53:44","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T03:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/?p=10453"},"modified":"2013-03-20T12:35:49","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T19:35:49","slug":"camera-eye-1967-film-on-vietnam-by-jean-luc-godard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2013\/03\/12\/camera-eye-1967-film-on-vietnam-by-jean-luc-godard\/","title":{"rendered":"Camera Eye: 1967 Film on Vietnam by Jean Luc Godard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Godard was asked to make a short piece on Vietnam as part of an omnibus film called ‘Far From Vietnam’ that was being edited by the great experimental filmmaker Chris Marker. He was unable to actually go there so he used film clips and shot himself looking through a 35mm camera. His voiceover connects the war in Vietnam to his own life and to social struggles going on in Paris. He makes a fascinating attempt to express the futility of making a film about the war without any real understanding of it.<\/p>\n