FOR EVER MOZART
| 1997 – 84′ – Drama
Written and Directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
Starring Madeleine Assas, Ghalia Lacroix, Bérangère Allaux, Vicky Messica.
Official Selection: Venice International Film Festival.
In French with English subtitles.
A Cohen Media Group release.|
The “story” is a complex tapestry in four panels, with the character of the Director linking the sections. A film is planned but is stymied by casting problems; a play is produced in Sarajevo, but the actors are swept away by war; the Director is frustrated in completing the film that initially couldn’t get off the ground; and the magnificence of Mozart puts a period to Godard’s wandering–but never adrift–drama. Woven into the fabric of FOR EVER MOZART are examinations of the tools humankind uses to craft truth and beauty out of chaos: art, politics, movies, every kind of “framed” image of ourselves and our experiences. – Film Society of Lincoln Center.