A Letter to Freddy Buache

Original title: Lettre à Freddy Buache

11 minutes • 1983 • 5.9 Score

This short film is Godard’s message to the people of Lausanne, specifically journalist and critic Freddy Buache, addressing his reasons why he will not make a film about their town’s 500th anniversary. Rather than cynical or defensive, Godard's bemused narration of the footage of Lausanne is imaginative and even playful, a rumination on cinema's possibilities.

Jean-Luc Godard

Director