Jean Luc GODARD presents "La chinoise" at the Venice Film Festival. From a press conference: "the aesthetics of cinema have become capitalist...we would like to make revolutionary films but... I am forced to work all day as a filmmaker with people who hate me and I despise..." (Applause from the public).
Marguerite DURAS, Delphine SEYRIG and Liliane de KERMADEC (out of scope) talk about women’s cinema. For Marguerite DURAS, women’s cinema is a political cinema. Delphine SEYRIG raised the issue of money and funding for women’s films. Liliane de KERMADEC says that her film is "a woman’s work but not knitting".
Louis MALLE evokes the link between cinema and politics. He does not really believe in the effectiveness of political cinema, but thinks nothing less that "All cinema is political". He highlights the strength of the film "Back to Work at Wonder Factories" directed by an IDHEC student on the events of May 68.
Interview en français de l'actrice Jane Fonda sur une plage américaine, sa fille jouant à ses côtés. La comédienne explique que c'est de plus en plus difficile pour elle de travailler à Hollywood. Elle évoque son envie de travailler en collectif et de faire des films politiques qui ne soient pas nécessairement des documentaires.
Guest of the show "Vive le cinéma", in 1972, Maître Georges KIEJMAN, lawyer at the Paris Bar and informed film buff, delivers his conception of political cinema, "which not only moves but leads to action".
A l'occasion d'une manifestation de pacifistes et d'anciens combattants sur la base militaire de Fort Bragg en Virginie, Jane Fonda explique son engagement politique et son combat contre le système : "Tant que le système capitaliste reste tel qu'il est, il y aura toujours des exploités, et j'ai décidé que je ne pouvais plus fermer ma gueule... Je n'ai pas la solution, mais je sais qu'il faut bouger le peuple, éduquer le peuple, et peut-être que la solution va venir d'elle-même..."
On the set of the TV news, Vincent LINDON talks about his commitment as an actor by taking as example his role of long-term unemployed in one of his last films "The law of the market".
Yves MONTAND talks to Lise ELINA about the compatibility between his political commitment and his acting career and how he and Simone SIGNORET have been boycotted by some media.