Sensitive to the debates and discontents of 1960s France, he took storylines from the American genre films and used them as frames on which to attach glimpses of a changing France, satirical sketches, adverts, and quotations.
OBITUARY: For Godard as well as for new wave friends and associates like François Truffaut established French cinema was strangled by literary influences and empty displays of craftsmanship that had to be vanquished to make room for a new cinema
France has lost "a national treasure," said French President Emmanuel Macron. Godard was one of the most influential film directors and was often credited with revolutionizing cinema.
Jean-Luc Godard is recognized as one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century, but his political beliefs contributed to a difficult relationship with the film establishment.