Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma
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Episode 21

Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma

1986
Suspense/Thriller, Crime
TV Episode
52m
One of Godard's least seen and simultaneously one of his most bitterly hilarious films. An absurdly brutal and minimalist examination of the desperate search for financial backing by two small-time filmmakers, 'Grandeur and Decadence' is knowingly self-referential, sad, and appropriately enough, a film shot on a miniscule budget in 16mm. Based on a novel by James Hadley Chase, with script by Godard. (Letterboxd)

Directed by:

Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc-Godard
289 total credits
A movie critic who became one of the major filmmakers of the Nouvelle Vague. Over the years, Godard's existentialist Marxism lost the luster it once had, but his work of the 1960s is still considered part of the canon of great cinema.
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Writers:

Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc-Godard
289 total credits
A movie critic who became one of the major filmmakers of the Nouvelle Vague. Over the years, Godard's existentialist Marxism lost the luster it once had, but his work of the 1960s is still considered part of the canon of great cinema.
polygon
,
James Hadley Chase
James-Hadley-Chase
17 total credits
Credits include: Palmetto, Eva, The Grissom Gang, Rough Magic and Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma
polygon

Starring:

Jean-Pierre Léaud
Jean-Pierre-Laud
60 total credits
Jean-Pierre Léaud was born in Paris, Léaud made his debut as an actor at the age of 14 as Antoine Doinel, a semi-autobiographical character based on the life events of French film director François Truffaut, in The 400 Blows. Léaud starred in four more Truffaut films depicting the life of Doinel, spanning a period of 20 years. Léaud also acted in films by other influential directors, such as Jean-Luc Godard, Bernardo Bertolucci, Aki Kaurismäki and more recently Olivier Assayas. He appeared with Marlon Brando in the Bertolucci film Last Tango in Paris (although the two never met, since Léaud admired Brando so much that he was afraid to meet him).
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,
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Jean-Pierre-Mocky
83 total credits
Credits include: Godard Mon Amour, La tête contre les murs and Litan
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,
Marie Valera
Marie-Valera
1 total credit
Credits include: Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma
polygon

AKAs:

Grandeur And Decadence Of A Small-Time Filmmaker, Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company

Countries:

France, Switzerland

Languages:

French, Italian

Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma

1986
Suspense/Thriller, Crime
TV Episode
52m
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Ratings & Reviews

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19 Jul 2018
85
59th
Something about how popular entertainment is made on an assembly line. "The truth is an arrow, and the gate is narrow." I will cherish forever the scene where Jean-Pierre Leaud, in one of his best manic performances, rapidly pulls one sweater vest off, then pulls another on. Ditto the scene where Godard appears, and muses about cinema and Helsinki. One of those weird moments in his movies that manages to be both deeply moving and ironically detached. And, my God, the way he uses color bars!
24 May 2021
83
72nd
Filme #400 do ano: Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma estreava na televisão francesa há 35 anos. Presumo que essa seja a resposta do Godard a La Nuite Americaine que tanta celeuma rendeu entre ele e Truffaut, são dois modos de tratar a linguagem, enquanto Truffaut recai na poesia do verso livre, Godard se insere na sintaxe de forma que estica o possível das regras e as subverte. WEBRip no MakingOff.
12 Aug 2018
70
65th
A lot of it went over my head (I know next to nothing of the era it references), but I found it strangely fascinating. The use of music (apparently an homage to or spoof of the stylings of another director, and not a Godardism in itself) and the occasionally lyrical dialogue had enough to say that the scattershot structure didn't feel like an issue. The ending fell flat for me because I missed the set up to the climax and still have no idea what happened in the denouement. 42nd film of 2018.
17 Jun 2023
5
67th
06 Feb 2023
6
29th
30 Sep 2022
75
41st
04 Jun 2022
65
59th
24 May 2022
67
56th
21 May 2022
70
32nd
18 May 2022
6
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Cast & Info

Directed by:

Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc-Godard
289 total credits
A movie critic who became one of the major filmmakers of the Nouvelle Vague. Over the years, Godard's existentialist Marxism lost the luster it once had, but his work of the 1960s is still considered part of the canon of great cinema.
polygon

Writers:

Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc-Godard
289 total credits
A movie critic who became one of the major filmmakers of the Nouvelle Vague. Over the years, Godard's existentialist Marxism lost the luster it once had, but his work of the 1960s is still considered part of the canon of great cinema.
polygon
,
James Hadley Chase
James-Hadley-Chase
17 total credits
Credits include: Palmetto, Eva, The Grissom Gang, Rough Magic and Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma
polygon

Starring:

Jean-Pierre Léaud
Jean-Pierre-Laud
60 total credits
Jean-Pierre Léaud was born in Paris, Léaud made his debut as an actor at the age of 14 as Antoine Doinel, a semi-autobiographical character based on the life events of French film director François Truffaut, in The 400 Blows. Léaud starred in four more Truffaut films depicting the life of Doinel, spanning a period of 20 years. Léaud also acted in films by other influential directors, such as Jean-Luc Godard, Bernardo Bertolucci, Aki Kaurismäki and more recently Olivier Assayas. He appeared with Marlon Brando in the Bertolucci film Last Tango in Paris (although the two never met, since Léaud admired Brando so much that he was afraid to meet him).
polygon
,
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Jean-Pierre-Mocky
83 total credits
Credits include: Godard Mon Amour, La tête contre les murs and Litan
polygon
,
Marie Valera
Marie-Valera
1 total credit
Credits include: Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma
polygon

AKAs:

Grandeur And Decadence Of A Small-Time Filmmaker, Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company

Countries:

France, Switzerland

Languages:

French, Italian
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