給珍的信 Letter to Jane

拍攝《一切安好》，令珍芳達也變得愈來愈關心政治，她的參與令影片得以商業發行，及後更遠赴北越河內探望當地平民。可是一幀廣泛流傳的照片，卻令高達等人意見多多，並決定借題發揮，拍攝《給珍的信》以影像向他的女主角寄出這公開信。高達認為這照片令珍芳達當了事件的主角，大眾因而忽略了處於越戰中的人民，圖中的平民都只成了她的附屬品。高達揭露着資本階級的偽善，同時也點出傳媒與影像能夠為政治所帶來各方面的無形影響。

An essay film in the most minimalistic of ways, Letter to Jane features Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin taking turns to dissect, in voiceover, a single photo of their Tout va bien star Jane Fonda meeting Viet Cong soldiers in North Vietnam. A sardonic diatribe against how intellectuals should (and should not) take part in other people’s revolutions, Letter to Jane is remarkable in demystifying the Hollywood halo, but troublingly embittered in its attack on Fonda’s integrity. A perfect example of how an image should (and should not) be read or understood.