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Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

1974

52 minutes

Documentary

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.

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Jane Fonda headshot

Jane Fonda

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jean-Luc Godard headshot

Jean-Luc Godard

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Gorin headshot

Jean-Pierre Gorin

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Marlon Brando headshot

Marlon Brando

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Moshe Dayan headshot

Moshe Dayan

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Dean headshot

James Dean

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Maria Falconetti headshot

Maria Falconetti

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Henry Fonda headshot

Henry Fonda

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lillian Gish headshot

Lillian Gish

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Che Guevara headshot

Che Guevara

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Golda Meir headshot

Golda Meir

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Yves Montand headshot

Yves Montand

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richard Nixon headshot

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn headshot

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Wayne headshot

John Wayne

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Orson Welles headshot

Orson Welles

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)