Sunday, 2 August 2015

Une Femme est une Femme (1961 Jean-Luc Godard & scr)

Utterly distinctive and playful from the colours of the letters that introduce the participants (surnames only - including Lubitsch!) over what sounds like some on location audio; music and sound which suddenly appear and disappear; naturalistic lighting; in-jokes (references to Bout de Souffle; Jeanne Moreau at bar - "How's Jules et Jim going?"); looks to camera; slapstick editing.

Raoul Coutard is doing something very interesting with lenses. Features Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy and Jean-Paul Belmondo. Absolutely outlandish score by Michel Legrand.

Often funny; very lively.

Shot around Rue du Faubourg St Denis:
http://www.l2tc.com/cherche.php?titre=Une+femme+est+une+femme&exact=oui&annee=1961

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