Synopsis
Is this a tragedy or a comedy? Either way, it's a masterpiece.
Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.
Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.
Eine Frau ist eine Frau, Een vrouw is een vrouw, Η γυναίκα είναι γυναίκα, 女人就是女人, Onna wa onna de aru, Женщина есть женщина, Uma Mulher É Uma Mulher, En kvinne er en kvinne, Une femme est une femme, La donna è donna, Una mujer es una mujer, Az asszony, az asszony, Η κυρία θέλει έρωτα, Uma Mulher é uma Mulher, Kadın Kadındır, Kobieta jest kobietą, 여자는 여자다, Жената си е жена, زن یک زن است, 女は女である, Жінка є жінка, Žena je žena, Nainen on aina nainen, Moteris yra moteris, En kvinna är en kvinna, O femeie e o femeie
having a silent argument using book titles is something that can actually be so personal
also.. jean-paul belmondo in a turtleneck.. yeah
I really love the poster for this movie. the circles, the reds, the text all spaced out like that, the white background. MUAH!
The movie? Also really nice to look at. I want to know what PTA has to say about it because stylistically it is clear as day that Punch-Drunk Love was directly influenced by this. The lens flares, the wide shots, the blue suit and red dress.
It took me a while to calibrate my brain for this movie. The rhythm of any of Godard’s films is the equivalent to the song “gecgecgec” by 100 gecs. This is the only place you’ll find a 100 gecs reference in a Godard review. But my point is once things do start to click and you embrace that rhythm, everything makes a little bit more sense. I’ll probably appreciate this more on a rewatch.
“you don’t mind undressing for men?”
“no, I despise humanity.”
“so do I!”
things me and angela have in common:
• both virgos who over-analyze everything
• can never decide if she wants to wear her hair up or down - she goes from having it full down, to an updo, and then back to having it full down, to having it half-up half-down all in the same scene and oh my god ME!! also, bangs!
• winged eyeliner
• argues with significant other until she either wins or he angrily leaves the apartment and then she whispers that she loves him through the door
• sad about everything for no reason
• performs dramatic monologues from plays alone in her apartment
• “looks at camera like i’m on the office” meme
• wishes her life was a gene kelly musical
Shockingly playful, given how famously grouchy Godard became later (did somebody dump him or something?). Anna Karina is the clear star but I also love how Jean-Paul Belmondo seems so different from his usual screen persona - not particularly cool, more of a dork. A trifle, maybe, unless you don't consider movies to be trifling.
the plot hinges around men refusing to have sex with Anna Karina, in other words, this film is incredibly unrealistic.
Why do I feel so involved in their relationship to the point of thinking that I'm part of it? I don't know, but I like it