{"id":36219,"date":"2018-05-24T16:17:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T15:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=36219"},"modified":"2018-09-05T14:12:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T13:12:14","slug":"jean-luc-godards-new-film-the-image-book-acquired-by-mubi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/05\/jean-luc-godards-new-film-the-image-book-acquired-by-mubi\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean-Luc Godard&#8217;s New Film &#8216;The Image Book&#8217; Acquired by MUBI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"36220\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/05\/jean-luc-godards-new-film-the-image-book-acquired-by-mubi\/jean-luc-godard-0\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jean-luc-godard-0.jpg?fit=620%2C414&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,414\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"jean-luc-godard-0\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jean-luc-godard-0.jpg?fit=620%2C414&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36220\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/jean-luc-godard-0.jpg?resize=640%2C428&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MUBI have acquired Jean-Luc Godard\u2019s \u2018The Image Book&#8217; For Theatrical and Streaming Release in the UK.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Marxist, new-wave film director, Jean-Luc Godard\u2019s newest release is set for UK distribution by the hand-curated streaming and download service MUBI. &#8216;The Image Book&#8217; is a film essay, examining world history and its portrayal in cinema.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Godard\u2019s influential style and prolific filmmaking have influenced many in mainstream cinema. Godard can count the likes of Tarantino, Scorsese, De Palma and DA Pennebaker as devotees and fans. His innate approach to subject matter has inspired and shaken cinema in equal measure. In 1968, Godard led an uprising that shut down the Cannes Film Festival. At the ripe age of 87, he\u2019s no less forgiving in his approach.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He once described himself, and colleagues, as \u201cBarging into cinema like cavemen at the Versailles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;The Image Book&#8217; is Godard\u2019s 45th feature film and shows no sign of his age or waning energy towards the art.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As he has aged, his political views have become less extreme, but that doesn\u2019t mean he can\u2019t sharpen his social and political teeth when he wants to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Produced by Fabrice Aragno and Mitra Farahani &#8216;The Image Book&#8217; is released in conjunction with Wild Bunch Films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUBI have acquired Jean-Luc Godard\u2019s \u2018The Image Book&#8217; For Theatrical and Streaming Release in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10377,5200,5202],"tags":[8340,14463,14462,1838,14465,14457,14459,14466,13371,14461,14464,3654,14460,14458,14467],"class_list":["post-36219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-films","category-reviews-films","tag-cannes-film-festival","tag-da-pennebaker","tag-de-palmer","tag-download","tag-fabrice-aragno","tag-jean-luc-godard","tag-le-livre-dimage","tag-mitra-farahani","tag-mubi","tag-scorsese","tag-socialisme","tag-streaming","tag-tarantino","tag-the-image-book","tag-wild-bunch-films"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-9qb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49120,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/04\/knife-heart-starring-vanessa-paradis-in-cinemas-on-mubi-july-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":36219,"position":0},"title":"KNIFE + HEART \/ Starring Vanessa Paradis \/ In Cinemas &#038; On MUBI July 5","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"16\/04\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Curated global streaming service and theatrical film distributor MUBI are delighted to announce the UK release of Yann Gonzalez\u2019s deliriously kinky queer horror thriller 'KNIFE + HEART'. 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