Little Godard (1978)
Overview
The production of a film requires recording equipment and financial resources, if nothing else. Hellmuth Costard places these basic prerequisites at the centre of his film: using a Super 8 camera system he developed, he films himself as he tries to raise funding for his film project. This creates an unconventional experimental setup, which reveals how the economics, politics, technology, and aesthetics of filmmaking relate to each other – with the ‘great’ Godard being called up as a kind of chief witness.
Cast
Hellmuth Costard
Applicant
Werner Grassmann
Film producer
Hark Bohm
First Director
Wolfgang Treu
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Second Director
Michael Ballhaus
Harry Baer
Andréa Ferréol
Jean-Luc Godard
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