Joy of Learning (1969)
While alone in an abandoned television studio, two militants, Emile Rousseau and Patricia Lumumba, have a discourse on language. Referring to spoken word as "the enemy"--the weapon used by the establishment to confuse liberation movements--the two deconstruct the meanings of sounds and images in an attempt to "return to zero" and truly experience the joy of learning.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
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Juliet Berto as Patricia Lumumba (uncredited) |
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Jean-Pierre Léaud as Émile Rousseau (uncredited) |
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Jean-Luc Godard as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jean-Luc Godard | Director |
| Writing | Jean-Luc Godard | Writer |
| Camera | Georges Leclerc | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jean-Luc Godard | Producer |
| Editing | Germaine Cohen | Editor |
| Writing | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Novel |