Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1972)

  • NR
  • 10/10/1972 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 52m

Overview

The film's subject is a photograph of Jane Fonda visiting Hanoi during the Vietnam War. It asks what the position of the intellectual should be in the class struggle and points out the irony of Jane Fonda's participation in the photo shoot, which was staged.

Jean-Luc Godard

Writer, Director

Jean-Pierre Gorin

Director, Writer

Cast

Jane Fonda's headshot

Jane Fonda

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jean-Luc Godard's headshot

Jean-Luc Godard

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Gorin's headshot

Jean-Pierre Gorin

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Marlon Brando's headshot

Marlon Brando

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Moshe Dayan's headshot

Moshe Dayan

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Dean's headshot

James Dean

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Maria Falconetti's headshot

Maria Falconetti

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Fonda's headshot

Henry Fonda

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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