Histoire(s) du Cinéma: All the (Hi)stories (EOTWS)

Histoire(s) du Cinéma x8 extract: All the (Hi)stories (1988)

As impenetrable and illusive as a transcript of free association projected through moving images and sound, the first part of Godard's Histoire(s) du Cinéma begins his cinematic Joyce impression and self-analysis. 

Though his montage is too fast and comprised of images too disparate to gather any of your senses, let alone consider the thoughts of minutes ago, it is possible to follow this through to the end by helplessly transitioning from state to state as the film does. And, having managed this, it seems that Godard explores the cinema's relationship with historical events whilst contemplating the forms and conflicts of art cinema, documentary and the cinema of Hollywood. 

There is no conclusion, but there is a picture, one that evokes nostalgia and melancholy in parallel to one another. Maybe this is 'all the stories' of cinema presented in one breath?