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Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard (born 3 December 1930)

is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the 1960s French New Wave film movement, and is arguably the most influential French filmmaker of the post-war era. According to AllMovie, his work "revolutionized the motion picture form" through its experimentation with narrative, continuity, sound, and camerawork.

"The cinema is truth 24 frames-per-second."

Where does the name of the store come from?

It is from a quote by French filmmaker?Jean-Luc Godard. It refers to the number of frames that pass through a camera or projector. The full quote is actually "Film is truth 24 times a second, and every cut is a lie," but we didn't have that much room on the awning.

Kiarostami in 2013

Abbas Kiarostami (22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016)

was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of over forty films, including shorts and documentaries.

Kiarostami stayed in Iran

after the Islamic revolution in 1979 and made more than 40 films, including documentaries. He won the Palme D'Or, the top prize at Cannes, with his 1997 film Taste of Cherry. But he shot his last two films outside the country. Kiarostami was hugely influential in world cinema. The French-Swiss director Jean-Luc Godard is reputed to have said:

"Film begins with DW Griffith and ends with Abbas Kiarostami."

He was the only Iranian to ever win the Palme D'Or.

-- @木魚水心

-- Wikipedia

-- https://www.filmistruth.com/faq.htm

-- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36709240