Category: Non-EnglishJean-Luc Godard's Bande à part hits out at the right notes and at the right places, quickly uncovering the plot of the movie in the first 10 minutes and then recapping it for you in the first 10 minutes itself is proof enough that he's one of the greatest directors or auteurs that ever existed.
Bande à part follows the lives of 3 restless youngsters who have the access to robbing a lot of money and eventually wanting to get away with it. Do they? That's the question you should be asking yourself right now, but that's not the point of this movie. Godard quickly pays tribute to all his influences & influences of those days - be it the Westerns, the gangster genre or the kind of cars his protagonists want to drive.
The film is fast paced at 97 mins and never lets up. The historical context is obviously shortly after DuGaulle decided to enter into Africa and take on the fight there.
A few things to watch out for:
- a minute of silence sequence
- the dance sequence
- A scene from a Truffaut film being spoken out (I think)
- Anna Karina's talking to the camera
- Franz' character
- Background score
-Godard's thoughts on the Louvre & museums in general, watch his protagonist run through the Louvre!
- Godard's control of the medium (cuts, deconstruction of Paris, genre of music, characters, pop culture digs, guns)
Recommendation level: 5/5. This is Godard at his finest, stand in awe at this masterpiece.
Anna Karina <3
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