Week end

Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930-2022 (director,, screenwriter.). Danon, Raymond, (producer.). Coutard, Raoul, (cinematographer.). Miller, Claude, (director.). Guillemot, Agnès, 1931- (film editor.). Duhamel, Antoine, (composer.). Darc, Mireille, 1938-2017 (actor.). Yanne, Jean, (actor.). Staquet, Georges, (actor.). Berto, Juliet, (actor.). Vignon, Virginie, (actor.). Pommereulle, Daniel, 1937-2003 (actor.). Eustache, Jean, 1938-1981 (actor.). Léaud, Jean-Pierre, 1944- (actor.). Afonso, Yves, 1944- (actor.). Jeanson, Blandine, 1948-1999 (actor.). Gégauff, Paul, 1922-1983 (actor.). Cournot, Michel, 1922- (actor.). Wiazemsky, Anne, (actor.). Guilbert, Jean-Claude, (actor.). Diop, Omar, (actor.). Szabó, László, 1936- (actor.). Kalfon, Jean-Pierre, 1938- (actor.). Menzer, Ernest, (actor.). Breton, Michèle, (actor.). Lagrange, Valérie, (actor.). Films Copernic. (Added Author). Gaumont (Firm) (Added Author). Comacico (Firm) (Added Author). Lira Films. (Added Author). Janus Films. (Added Author). Ascot Cineraid (Firm) (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Georges Staquet, Juliet Berto, Virginie Vignon, Daniel Pommereulle, Jean Eustache, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Yves Afonso, Blandine Jeanson, Paul Gégauff, Michel Courtnot, Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Omar Diop, László Szabó, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Ernest Menzer, Michele Breton, Valérie Lagrange. (Cast).

Summary: Determined to collect an inheritance from a dying relative, a bourgeois couple travel across the French countryside while civilization crashes and burns around them. Featuring a justly famous centerpiece sequence in which the camera tracks along a seemingly endless traffic jam, and rich with historical and literary references, is a surreally funny and disturbing call for revolution, a depiction of society retreating to savagery, and, according to the credits, the end of cinema itself.

Record details

ISBN: 1604656581
ISBN: 9781604656589
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (39 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
videodisc
Publisher: [New York] : Criterion Collection : Janus Films, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	At head of title: Jean Luc Godard's. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967. Special features: "Revolutions per second" video essay by Kent Jones ; Interviews (cinematographer Raoul Coutard, actors Mireille Darc and Jean Yanne, assistant director Claude Miller); "On location" making of footage edited into a French TV program Seize millions de jeunes; Trailers. Booklet: "The last weekend" essay by Gary Indiana; "Notes on Weekend" by Alain Bergala; "Theoretical guns: an interview with Godard, 1969" by Jonathan Cott.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Raoul Coutard ; editor, Agnès Guillemot ; music, Antoine Duhamel.
Participant or Performer Note:	Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Georges Staquet, Juliet Berto, Virginie Vignon, Daniel Pommereulle, Jean Eustache, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Yves Afonso, Blandine Jeanson, Paul Gégauff, Michel Courtnot, Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Omar Diop, László Szabó, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Ernest Menzer, Michele Breton, Valérie Lagrange.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD; Region 1, NTSC; widescreen (16:9) enhanced for widescreen TVs; Dolby digital, mono.
Language Note:	French dialogue with optional English subtitles.