Sunday, June 9, 2013

Vivre Sa Vive, Jean Luc Godard, 1962

Vivre sa vie : film en douze tableaux is a 1962 French film directed by Jean-Luc Godard, featuring Anna Karina (Nana). The title means "To Live Her Life: A Film in Twelve Scenes".
Taking on the existentialist words of Godard in the voice of the 'philosopher' speaking to Nana, who might represent human condition, "to be completely at one with what you love takes maturity."
Despite it's not one of Godard's best-known films it won the Special Jury Prize in Venice, enjoying  an extremely positive critical reputation: "a perfect film" and "one of the most extraordinary, beautiful, and original works of art that I know of" (Susan Sontag).


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