fotodiabolik: September 2022

September 28, 2022

Lieux de Tournage - Godard PIERROT LE FOU - Porquerolles

In the south of France to document the original filming locations of Jean-Luc Godards PIERROT LE FOU starring

Jean-Paul Belmondo & Anna Karina

Location: Île de Porquerolles,

Plage noire du Langoustier

The longer I deal with the project, the more I see what I could have done better. And so my moods swing often between enthusiasm, frustration and, last week, sadness...I didn't even have a day for the documentation on Porquerolles, which started with organising, cycling, searching and swearing. Moreover, it should have made me wonder a bit that everyone else rented an e-bike but not me....So if I go there again, more time or more sporty condition...

Big thanks to Monsieur Stephane Fontana,

lieuxdetournages.overblog.com

Thanks to the Ministry of Science,

Research and the Arts, Stuttgart

September 14, 2022

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard 1930 - 2022

"Je ne veux parler que de cinéma, pourquoi parler d'autre chose? Avec le cinéma on parle de tout, on arrive à tout."

"I only want to talk about cinema, why talk about anything else? With the cinema we talk about everything, we get to everything."

I was in the middle of preparing what might be the last post of my documentation of the Pierrot le Fou locations when I heard the news... For months now I have been busy photographing, sifting through the 1500+ pictures that I have been taken, editing, compiling and looking for ways to present them. So every day is somehow a Godard day and therefore this loss makes me very sad and sentimental.

Thank you Jean-Luc Godard for so many great movies, art and inspiration and a unique spirit. The world of cinema lovers will never forget you.