The ongoing coronavirus lockdown has led many artists to get creative about live-streaming, with many names performing or speaking directly to their audience over Instagram Live. One name we didn’t expect to see do this, however, is Jean-Luc Godard.

The 89-year-old director and icon of French New Wave cinema gave a masterclass over Instagram Live yesterday. In a discussion with Lionel Baier, head of the cinema department of ECAL (University of Art and Design Lausanne), Godardd discussed ‘images at the time of coronavirus’, speaking for over 90 minutes from his home in Switzerland while chomping a fat cigar.