Editing Jean-Luc Godard (section)

=== ''Week End'' ===
That same year, Godard made a more colourful and political film, [[Weekend (1967 film)| ''Week End'']]. It follows a Parisian couple as they leave on a weekend trip across the French countryside to collect an inheritance. What ensues is a confrontation with the tragic flaws of the over-consuming [[bourgeoisie]]. The film contains an eight-minute [[tracking shot]] of the couple stuck in an unremitting traffic jam as they leave the city, cited as a technique Godard used to deconstruct bourgeois trends.{{sfn|Morrey|2005|p=72}} Startlingly, a few shots contain extra footage from, as it were, before the beginning of the take (while the actors are preparing) and after the end of the take (while the actors are coming out of character). ''Week End''{{'s}} enigmatic and audacious end title sequence, which reads "End of Cinema", appropriately marked an end to the narrative and cinematic period in Godard's filmmaking career.{{sfn|Morrey|2005}}{{page needed|date=November 2021}}