Q 01/05

Godard's first feature, Breathless (1960), paired the American actress Seberg with which French actor?

A) Jean-Louis Trintignant

B) Jean-Paul Belmondo

C) Jean-Pierre Léaud

D) Jean-Claude Brialy

Answer · why

B) Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jean-Paul Belmondo had already made a Godard short, but was called up for army service before it was dubbed, so in Charlotte et son Jules the voice co...

Q 02/05

Which then-unconventional editing technique made Breathless famous?

A) Split screens

B) Jump cuts

C) Freeze frames

D) Slow motion

Answer · why

B) Jump cuts

Jump cuts were a fix, not a plan: the first edit ran far too long, and instead of dropping whole scenes Godard snipped pieces out of the middle of sho...

Q 03/05

Godard's best-known aphorism says all you need to make a movie is a girl and what?

A) A car

B) A gun

C) A camera

D) A cigarette

Answer · why

B) A gun

A gun: Godard wrote the line in a 1964 ad for Band of Outsiders, and credited it not to himself but to the silent-film pioneer D. W. Griffith.

Q 04/05

Before directing, Godard wrote criticism for which influential magazine?

A) Positif

B) Cahiers du Cinéma

C) Sight & Sound

D) La Revue du cinéma

Answer · why

B) Cahiers du Cinéma

Cahiers du Cinéma turned its young critics into directors, but Godard was the last of its famous five to shoot a feature; early on he signed pieces Ha...

Q 05/05

Godard held French citizenship and that of which other country, where he spent much of his life?

A) Switzerland

B) Luxembourg

C) Belgium

D) Canada

Answer · why

A) Switzerland

Switzerland was home from early childhood, after his doctor father moved the family there to work at a clinic; Godard later claimed Swiss citizenship ...