Vivre sa vie trailer 1962 the criterion collection film. Retrouvez les 44 critiques et avis pour le film vivre sa vie. Vivre sa vie strips away all of that and elects instead to present an almost documentarian look into the descent of the young nana anna karina, naturally into prostitution. Rent vivre sa vie 1962 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
Birds are creatures with an outside, and an inside, she recites. It was released as my life to live in north america and as its my life in united kingdom. Ones first impression is that the sound quality of this film does not seem especially remarkable. Vivre sa vie, variously translated as its my life and my life to live, begins in the provocative way it intends to go on by dedicating the film to bmovies which were about to lose their. Twelve episodic tales in the life of a parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution. The criterion collection edition offers true cinema riches, especially in an interview with karina from 1962, several modern commentaries putting godard and the film in its historical context, reportage from. Both dreyers and godards films fragment filmic space, and the body, in similar ways and each provides amongst the most singular, painful and even cruel portraits of a character and actor on film. Vivre sa vie is an incredibly desultory film about a confused girl nana with an existential crisis. Film en douze tableaux, realise par jeanluc godard avec anna karina, sady rebbot, andre s. Francois truffaut wrote that the film opened doors to a new beginning for cinema and he was right, vivre sa vie, with its lengthy dialogue scenes and artful framing, has been an inspiration for generations of filmmakers. Birds are creatures with an outside, and an inside.
The shattering beauty of vivre sa vie is that godard and karina allow us to see the outside, then the inside, and then finally, the soul. Jeanluc godards fourth film is a heartfelt, headstrong attempt to push his own concept of a deconstructed cinema even further into the stratosphere. Made fiveandahalf decades ago, vivre sa vie is in some respects, an historical film, as it shows life in paris in the. For godard the film proved a catalyst for the dazzling array of movies that he made in quick succession in its wake. Vivre sa vie is about attempting to navigate an unfeeling world. Directed by jeanluc godard 1962 france vivre sa vie was a turning point for jeanluc godard and remains one of his most dynamic films, combining brilliant visual design with a tragic character study. Vivre sa vie, a film coming just two short years after godards highly regarded breathless, is a stark and moving cinematic work which shows, in 12 chapters, how the life of nana spirals tragically downward from her days of paris window shopping to street prostitution. Both dreyers and godards films fragment filmic space, and the body, in similar ways and each provides amongst the most singular, painful and even cruel portraits of a. Vivre sa vie was released shortly after cahiers du cinema the film magazine for which godard occasionally wrote published an issue devoted to bertolt brecht and his theory of epic theatre. Vivre sa vie, broken up into twelve tableaux, the film presents 12 episodes in the life of a young woman who turns to prostitution to pay her rent.
Godard is perhaps the only director today who is interested in philosophical films and possesses an intelligence and discretion equal to the task. Vivre sa vie, 1962 i know what i want to say, i think before i say it, to be quite sure that it is what i must say phtt suddenly i cant say it anymore, nana explains to the philosopher with whom she started a conversation in a cafe. Dont let people miss on a great quote from the vivre sa vie. Film en douze tableaux critics consensus anna karinas arresting performance provides a humanizing anchor to jeanluc godard s stylistically. But there is a new dvd of my life to live vivre sa vie, from 1963. Godards third time directing karinawhom he married in 1961, divorced in 1967, and cast regularly in the years betweenvivre sa vie seldom strays far from its protagonist, who encounters variable and conflicting. Vivre sa vie marks the beginning of such a departure. That is, it sets out to do something that is both noble and intricate, and wholly succeeds in doing it. What the crew saw at the rushes is more or less what the public sees. Godards most classically tragic film and one that has had the greatest practical influence on the subsequent history of cinema. But like the highly stylised prostitution scenes, they are. Susan sontag called vivre sa vie a perfect film and one of the most extraordinary, beautiful and original works of. It is godard s pandoras box and it unfolds rhythmically in a brilliant parade of pathos.
This is a great movie, and i am not surprised to find susan sontag describing it as one of the most extraordinary, beautiful, and original works of. Rent vivre sa vie 1962 starring anna karina and sady rebbot on dvd and bluray. The structure of the film is split into twelve episodes that bring us through nanas progression. Godard claimed that this was the first movie in which he dispensed with shot composition, just set up quickly and called action. His wealthy parents came from protestant families of francoswiss descent, and his mother was the daughter of julien monod, a founder of the banque paribas. As usual, this film was shot in hd video high definition widescreen and bluray with dolby digital audio. Godard puts his wife on show she s a prostitute on the slide. Vivre sa vie my life to live roger ebert april 01, 2001. The latter had rewritten the american studio tradition through the filter of french literature and philosophy. Vivre sa vie, or my life to live, is a tremendously well written and beautifully shot french film noir. Jun 15, 2010 in his first film breathless and with different levels of success in vivre sa vie, godard creates an anarchic visual style that departs from the established rules of cinema including the 180 degree rule, eye line match, and continuous editing.
Jeanluc godard was born on 3 december 1930 in the 7th arrondissement of paris, the son of odile nee monod and paul godard, a swiss physician. Vind trailers, beoordelingen en alle informatie voor vivre sa vie door jeanluc godard. Posted on 16th april 2015 by nonickname thanks to katerina p. Jan 20, 2016 as godard himself said, all you need for a good movie is a girl and a gun.
Starring anna karina and directed by jeanluc godard, the film is a bleak look into the life of a young parisian woman who aspires to be an actress. But the film gives her much to think about on the way down. Jeanluc godard created one of the most powerful scenes that take place in a cinema during a film screening. Vf vivre sa vie streaming godard streaming complet. Sep 06, 2015 vivre sa vie, variously translated as its my life and my life to live, begins in the provocative way it intends to go on by dedicating the film to bmovies which were about to lose their. In retrospect, godard expressed doubts about the cheap gangster pyrotechnics as being merely a nod to cinephilia. It is godards pandoras box and it unfolds rhythmically in a brilliant parade of pathos. Film en douze tableaux je francuski igrani film iz 1962.
Godard began to document the real contradictions of real peoples lives, and to move away from the kind of light romantic intrigues with which the nouvelle vague had become associated. Vivre sa vie was a turning point for jeanluc godard and remains one of his most dynamic films, combining brilliant visual design with a tragic character study. In vivre sa vie i have attempted to film a mind in action, the interior of someone seen from outside. Karina begins vivre sa vie as a recordstore clerk with acting ambitions, and ends it in a much sorrier state. Film en douze tableaux 1962 tells the story of nana anna karina in twelve parts. Original 1962 trailer for jeanluc godards vivre sa vie, recently rereleased in a new 35mm print by janus films. Original 1962 trailer for jeanluc godard s vivre sa vie, recently rereleased in a new 35mm print by janus films. Chambre 1408 film entier francais epouvante thriller. It challenges cinematic preconceptions about the balance between text. I slip it into the machine, and within five minutes i am so fascinated that i do not move, i do not stir, until it is over. A film in twelve scenes is a 1962 film by jeanluc godard anna karina plays nana, a young parisian woman who leaves her unhappy marriage to pursue her dreams of being an actress, but turns to prostitution to support herself. Vivre sa vie by jeanluc godard a movie to download and watch on streaming lacinetek.
Vivre sa vie by jeanluc godard film economics, film. Its about the beautiful anna karina and its about tragedy. Apr 11, 2012 vivre sa vie, or my life to live, is a tremendously well written and beautifully shot french film noir. The lovely anna karina, godards greatest muse, plays nana, a young parisian who aspires to be an actress but instead ends up a prostitute, her downward spiral depicted in a series of. Vivre sa vie 1962 vivre sa vie is godards second film starring his 1960s muse and wife, anna karina. Disponible sur notre serie popualire film top version gratuite francais sur topseriestreaming en streaming fr et en bonne qualite et en full hd. Blending gangster shootouts with a documentary study of a parisian streetwalker, vivre sa vie is one of jeanluc godards most complex films and reveals a. The lovely anna karina, godards greatest muse, plays nana, a young parisian who aspires to be an actress but instead ends up a prostitute, her downward spiral depicted in a series of discrete tableaux of daydreams and dances. Richard brody the best films pen doors, they support our impression that cinema begins and begins again with them. Without commercial breaks, the full movie vivre sa vie has a duration of 85 minutes. Godards citation of dreyers film is movingly appropriate as it helps single out what is most remarkable in vivre sa vie. Anna karina shines in jeanluc godards critically acclaimed account of a. A film in twelve scenes is a 1962 french new wave drama film directed by jeanluc godard.