The Darty Report
1989 · 50 min · ★ 6.5
A daring deconstruction of consumerist behavior featuring a robot and Miss Clio Darty, with a voiceover by Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville, this philosophical "report," like so many of Godard's commissions, was rejected by its funders.
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard · Written by Jean-Luc Godard
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