Notre Musique, Jean-Luc Godard, 2004
Film screening
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In the context of our current exhibition by Nira Pereg. ABRAHAM ABRAHAM SARAH SARAH we would like to show the film Notre Musique (Our Music) by Jean-Luc Godard from 2004.
It is an attempt to view and label the traces of history and the ruins of destruction - like the stone blocks of the bombed bridge in Mostar which Godard shows us. They look like tombstones of a forgotten war. Europe stood by and witnessed the destruction, and Godard watches Europe rebuild it.
Like The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, the film is divided into three parts - "Hell", "Purgatory" and "Paradise". However, it is not the angel with the sword of fire who stands guard at the entrance to paradise, but a troop of American soldiers. Despite the highly cultural arcs and omnipresent willingness to engage in discourse, Notre Musique has a quiet humour that takes the weight off the major themes of violence, morality and the depiction of violence, which also touch on the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict.