Une femme est une femme
This film is probably the biggest contrast to “La Haine”, the most recent movie I am actually watching. It makes me feel like Godard’s world and visions are somewhat abstract despite their political message. When I started seeing that film, though, what I expected was a light-hearted comedy, starring the best Nouvelle Vague couple, La Karina with Belmondo. Well, actually she is in a relationship with Jean-Claude Brialy, but since that one doesn’t want to make her a child, she tries to turn him jealous with Belmondo who she actually does not like at all. And so, the film turned out to be exactly what I expected, and it also managed to meet my expectations concerning the enjoyment of the film.
I will never forget how a few years ago, somebody told me that he finds Godard’s films to be all “boring, artsy looking crap except Le Mépris”. Now, is “Une femme est une femme” artsy looking crap? There is a certain random- and artsiness in the film, and it does not take the relationship of the two characters all too seriously, but it’s a lot of fun to watch. I find it enjoyable to see Godard’s playful editing style and cinematography (yay, random letters and sentences inserted into the film!). While I don’t think Anna Karina is a particularily good singer, the above film pretty much sums up what I liked about the movie, and what actually made me laugh:
Finally a few words about the German DVD: It was absolutely worth it for 3 euro, or was it 4 euro? (Damn, I forgot to write one purchase post.) But both the video and sound quality are rather crap, and so I would never pay 17 euro for it, which is the price on Amazon.