Revolutionary French film director, Jean-Luc Godard has died at the age of 91
Godard’s career took off in the 1960s with his flick ‘Breathless’ rewriting the rules of cinema. He influenced fellow directors including Martin Scorsese to Quentin Tarantino.
The family say he died peacefully by assisted suicide in Switzerland.
His legal advisor says the voluntary departure followed ‘multiple illnesses’.
French President Emmanuel Macron says Godard “had the vision of a genius” and he became a master of French cinema.
Ce fut comme une apparition dans le cinéma français. Puis il en devint un maître. Jean-Luc Godard, le plus iconoclaste des cinéastes de la Nouvelle Vague, avait inventé un art résolument moderne, intensément libre. Nous perdons un trésor national, un regard de génie. pic.twitter.com/bQneeqp8on
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) September 13, 2022
Macron went onto say his country has lost “a national treasure”.
"Le cinéma n'est pas à l'abri du temps. Il est l'abri du temps."
— La Cinémathèque (@cinemathequefr) September 13, 2022
Jean-Luc Godard, 1930-2022 pic.twitter.com/qHEpF1gqbQ
RIP Jean-Luc Godard, one of the most influential, iconoclastic film-makers of them all. It was ironic that he himself revered the Hollywood studio film-making system, as perhaps no other director inspired as many people to just pick up a camera and start shooting… pic.twitter.com/KFOnnQ1H6n
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) September 13, 2022
