2 x 50 French Cinema Years (1995) - directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Michel Piccoli reads a poem by Baudelaire which seems to predict cinema
We want to travel, without steam, without sails!
To entertain us in out tedious prisons,
Project onto our minds, taut like a screen,
Your memories within the frame of their horizons.
[Nous voulons voyager sans vapeur et sans voile!
Faites, pour รฉgayer l'ennui de nos prisons,
Passer sur nos esprits, tendus comme une toile,
Vos souvenirs avec leurs cadres d'horizons.]
I'm not sure who owns this clip but it definitely isn't me!
We want to travel, without steam, without sails!
To entertain us in out tedious prisons,
Project onto our minds, taut like a screen,
Your memories within the frame of their horizons.
[Nous voulons voyager sans vapeur et sans voile!
Faites, pour รฉgayer l'ennui de nos prisons,
Passer sur nos esprits, tendus comme une toile,
Vos souvenirs avec leurs cadres d'horizons.]
I'm not sure who owns this clip but it definitely isn't me!