Made in USA by Jean-Luc Godard

Published in 1967, this is a beautiful little copy of Jean-Luc Godard's screenplay for 1966's 'Made in USA' starring Anna Karina, László Szabó, Jean-Pierre Léaud and Marianne Faithfull.

Includes a synopsis by Jean-Luc Godard himself, a short essay titled 'The Left and Made in USA?' by Godard, 'Who Kidnapped Ben Barka?' by Henry Bagehot, 'The Ben Barka Fiasco' by K.S. Karol, and introduction by Michael Kustow, the screenplay for the film alongside some beautiful black and white stills and finally an up to date filmography for Godard upon the books publication in 67.

'Made in USA

With its giddily complex noir plot and color-drenched widescreen images, Made in U.S.A was a final burst of exuberance from Jean-Luc Godard’s early sixties barrage of delirious movie-movies. Yet this chaotic crime thriller and acidly funny critique of consumerism—starring Anna Karina as the most brightly dressed private investigator in film history, searching for a former lover who might have been assassinated—also points toward the more political cinema that would come to define Godard. Featuring characters with names such as Richard Nixon, Robert McNamara, David Goodis, and Doris Mizoguchi, and appearances by a slapstick Jean-Pierre Léaud and a sweetly singing Marianne Faithfull, this piece of pop art is like a Looney Tunes rendition of The Big Sleep gone New Wave.'

Paperback

First Edition

Condition: some markings in the book and a black sticker on the cover.

Published by Lorrimer Films, 1967