Uploaded October 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Everything you wanted to know about famous French New Wave filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard but were too lazy to look up on Wikipedia yourself.

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"Orbiting a Distant Planet" by Quantum Jazz
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