SAINT LAURENT PRODUCTIONS
TRAILER OF A MOVIE THAT WILL NEVER EXIST: "PHONY WARS"
A FILM BY JEAN-LUC GODARD


FROM 1960 ONWARDS, THE DIRECTOR JEAN-LUC GODARD CHANGED THE COURSE OF FILMMAKING WITH HIS INNOVATIVE CAMERA WORK AND EXPERIMENTAL NARRATIVE STYLE, REJECTING TRADITIONAL CONVENTIONS IN FAVOR OF A MORE PERSONAL AND ARTISTIC CINEMATIC IDIOM: ‘LA NOUVELLE VAGUE.’

SAINT LAURENT IS HONORED TO PRESENT A SPECIAL WORK JEAN-LUC GODARD WAS WORKING ON BEFORE PASSING, AT 92, LAST SEPTEMBER. UNCONVENTIONAL IN ITS FORM, THE SHORT ART PROJECT DESCRIBES THE IDEAS, REFERENCES, AND VISUALS HE ENVISIONED FOR A FILM THAT NEVER CAME TO BE, GIVING THE VIEWER RARE INSIGHT INTO A GENIUS’ MIND AND PROCESS.

JEAN-LUC GODARD’S LAST WORK, WHICH ANTHONY VACCARELLO HAS REFERRED TO AS A ‘TRAILER OF A MOVIE THAT WILL NEVER EXIST’ WILL BE SCREENED AS PART OF THE OFFICIAL SELECTION OF THE 76TH CANNES FESTIVAL. ON THE OCCASION, SAINT LAURENT CREATIVE DIRECTOR ANTHONY VACCARELLO - WHO PRODUCED THE LATE DIRECTOR’S FINAL PROJECT-SAYS, “I GREATLY ADMIRED JEAN-LUC GODARD, ONE OF CINEMA’S MOST INFLUENTIAL MASTERMINDS.” SAINT LAURENT PRODUCTIONS, A REGISTERED SUBSIDIARY OF SAINT LAURENT, MARKS THE FIRST TIME A LUXURY BRAND HAS LAUNCHED A DEDICATED FILM DIVISION. IT WAS CREATED BY VACCARELLO AS A WAY TO EXPAND THE CREATIVE IMPACT AND FIELD OF ACTIVITIES OF THE HOUSE. CONFIRMING ITS COMMITMENT, SAINT LAURENT PRODUCTIONS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS YEAR’S EDITION OF THE CANNES FESTIVAL (16-27 MAY) WITH TWO FILMS BY LEGENDS OF THE CINEMA INDUSTRY.