Antoine de Baecque's 900-Page Godard Biography Published by Grasset

Antoine de Baecque's biography 'Godard, biographie' has been published by Éditions Grasset, spanning 900 pages and covering 60 years of Jean-Luc Godard's life and work. The book examines Godard's filmography of at least 140 films, detailing his creative process, political engagements, and the construction of his legend. De Baecque describes Godard as a 'redoutable' biographical subject, whose life and work form a single corpus defined by montage. The biography explores Godard's iconoclasm, his self-invention, and his method of working through constraints, technical risks, and political commitments—from early right-wing positions to Maoism and the Dziga-Vertov group. It highlights key films like 'À bout de souffle' as a Copernican revolution, and 'Histoire(s) du cinéma' as an apotheosis of montage. De Baecque also addresses Godard's personal conflicts, including his rupture with François Truffaut. The book positions Godard as a contemporary figure whose cinema endures, reflecting 80 years of cultural, political, and cinematic history.