Fare gioielli per i poveri. Il lavoro della memoria nelle Histoire(s) du cinéma di Jean-Luc Godard

Abstract

This contribution aims to reflect on relationship between technique, labour and memory in Jean Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du cinéma, focusing, in particular, on the chapter 1b – Une histoire seule of Godard’s work. The essay tries to demonstrate that Godard, through the labour of montage, critiques cinema’s historical role as industry that manufacturers oblivion, but he shows even that cinema itself is able to become a place of thought and memory.