Two crooks with a fondness for old Hollywood B-movies convince a languages student to help them commit a robbery.
Godard described it as "Alice in Wonderland meets Franz Kafka". That may be suggesting it is a bit stranger than it is. Heck, after watching "Alphaville" this comes across as about as normal as it gets.
Although it is not obvious, the dance scene here influenced the dance scene with Uma Thurman and John Travolta in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction". Tarantino loved this film so much, in fact, he named his production company after it. (Although a big fan of B-movies and Hong Kong, Tarantino has his finer tastes, too.) Pauline Kael described Bande à part as "a reverie of a gangster movie" and "perhaps Godard's most delicately charming film". A nice compliment. Others have said it is his most accessible. I liked it, but would not call it my favorite.
Godard described it as "Alice in Wonderland meets Franz Kafka". That may be suggesting it is a bit stranger than it is. Heck, after watching "Alphaville" this comes across as about as normal as it gets.
Although it is not obvious, the dance scene here influenced the dance scene with Uma Thurman and John Travolta in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction". Tarantino loved this film so much, in fact, he named his production company after it. (Although a big fan of B-movies and Hong Kong, Tarantino has his finer tastes, too.) Pauline Kael described Bande à part as "a reverie of a gangster movie" and "perhaps Godard's most delicately charming film". A nice compliment. Others have said it is his most accessible. I liked it, but would not call it my favorite.