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“The Godard Years” Translated by Sally Shafto Excerpt from: Antoine Bourseiller, Sans relâche: Histoires d’une vie (Actes Sud, 2008): pp. 227-245. Reprinted in English translation with the permission of Antoine Bourseiller and Actes Sud . The years 1963-4 are a wheat field, the colour of gold, like you see in Soviet films, years of happy encounters with the icons of French cinema of that time. I was the director of the Studio des Champs-Elysées, a theatre of 250 seats, located at 15 Avenue Montaigne. I chose the plays I liked; I staged them; and I had a faithful following.

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