What is the role of the intellectual in a revolution? What does it mean to be an "intelligent" spectator amidst a conflagration of images, video, writing that seems like its coming from some different world? Is there such a thing as "ethical" media anymore? "What part can the cinema play in the development of revolutionary struggles?"

Jean-Pierre Gorin and Jean Luc Godard created this film after having worked with Jane Fonda on the film "Tout Va Bien" earlier. As you may know, Fonda and Godard had a short romance in the 60s, and she was an actress in a couple of his films, I think. This shorter, philosophical, and visually less complicated but emotionally and intellectually stirring piece was made as an intellectual/philosophical response to Fonda's emerging activism on a global scale, particularly her visit to Vietnam. Some of the issues that Gorin and Godard bring up in this film are truly revolutionary and unique to their time. A highly under-appreciated cinematic, political, and philosophical treasure!

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