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Jean-Luc Godard's film stars Jane Fonda and Yves Montand. "Tout va Bien" tells the story of a wildcat strike at a sausage factory, as witnessed by an American reporter (Fonda) and her has-been New Wave film director husband, culminating in a free-ranging assault on consumer capitalism and ineffective leftists. Special DVD features include a new high-definition digital transfer, "Letter to Jane" featurette, 1972 video interview with Godard, more. Iconoclastic French director Jean-Luc Godard became radicalized politically after the events of May 1968 in Paris, openly expressing admiration for the writings of Mao Zedong and other leftist leaders. Godard and his cohort, Jean-Pierre Gorin, even formed a Marxist film society, the Dziga Vertov Group, after the early Soviet documentarian. TOUT VA BIEN marked Godard's return to semi-commercial cinema, attempting to blend a relationship narrative centered around a labor strike with an experimental aesthetic and an overtly leftist political rhetoric. Godard took the opportunity to criticize consumer capitalism (a theme he had been exploring at least since 1966's 2 OR 3 THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER) but also expressed discontent at how little left political organizations accomplished after the euphoria of May 1968. The film features Yves Montand and Jane Fonda (the film was fuel for the fire when Fonda was dubbed "Hanoi Jane" for expressing sympathy for the North Vietnamese), both of whom were major stars at the time. TOUT VA BIEN is both a fascinating avant-garde narrative film as well as an interesting historical-political document. Tout VA Bien Reviews: "Its arguments -- applied to, say, Far East sweatshops -- remain just as relevant today."
-- Andy Webster, Premiere 3 stars out of 5 -- "Godard slices into political debate subtly and satirically....There's a real sense of sadness for a generation's lost fire."-- Kevin Harley, Total Film "[I]t is full of black wit and stylistic invention....Godard makes vivid use of sound effects and set design..."-- Matthew Leyland, Sight and Sound
This is the only Jean-Pierre Gorin video. Tout VA Bien | List Price | $29.95 (You save $6.56) | | Studio | Home Vision | | Orig Year | 1972 | | All Time Sales Rank |  28023  | | CD Universe Part number | 6815186 | | Catalog number | 40 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 15, 2005 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Also Known As | Everything's All Right | | Running Time | 96 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Mono Sound; Digitally Re-Mastered; Widescreen |
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Tout VA Bien DVD Note: This release is a new, restored High-Definition digital transfer.
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Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
Featurette: "Letter to Jane"
Interviews:
1. Jean-Luc Godard - Co-Director
2. Jean-Pierre Gorin - Co-Director
Additional Products:
Booklet - Essay by Colin MacCabe - Godard Biographer
Booklet - Essay by J. Hoberman - Film Critic
Booklet - Essay by Kent Jones - Film Critic
Booklet - Excerpted Interview - Godard & Gorin (1972)
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