Wind From The East

One of Godard's many excursions into Marxist cinema, this film began his association with Gorin. Basically, it is about a group of filmmakers and actors trying to make political films. It barely resembles a western, much to the consternation of Italian producer Barcelloni, who received a promise from Godard that WIND FROM THE EAST would be along the lines of Sergio Leone's pictures. Anyone with a speck of knowledge about Godard would have realised that Barcelloni was indeed in for a surprise. Godard contacted Cohn-Bendit, a leading figure during France's 1968 political upheaval, and proposed this project. Before long, Cohn-Bendit was no longer associated with the p...