I found very little about this film's plot personally appealing. During the course of the set-up of the film, there is little justifiable reason provided by the filmmaker for the viewer to *want* to follow these characters' lives together as the film does, in such dull and aimlessly detailed dialogue.
Of course, Anna Karina is, as usual, stunning. The close-ups on her face are truly magnificent. As is the gorgeous Jean-Paul Belmondo, with his artistically perfect features.
On a positive note, the sequence in which Karina's character's boyfriend is killed by the two protagonists in their apartment is very interestingly shot and edited, and did provide Godardian interest. Beyond that, it became difficult for the film to hold my attention fully. Maybe I am getting old, and New Wave films simply do not have the effect that they had on my once elitist heart, but I much prefer other New Wave Films to this one. I think Breathless is a much more enjoyable film directed by Godard, and other than the fact that this movie is part of the Criterion collection, which makes it halfway decent at a bare minimum, as well as stylistically interesting, plot-wise, much of the film leaves me wanting.
Of course, Anna Karina is, as usual, stunning. The close-ups on her face are truly magnificent. As is the gorgeous Jean-Paul Belmondo, with his artistically perfect features.
On a positive note, the sequence in which Karina's character's boyfriend is killed by the two protagonists in their apartment is very interestingly shot and edited, and did provide Godardian interest. Beyond that, it became difficult for the film to hold my attention fully. Maybe I am getting old, and New Wave films simply do not have the effect that they had on my once elitist heart, but I much prefer other New Wave Films to this one. I think Breathless is a much more enjoyable film directed by Godard, and other than the fact that this movie is part of the Criterion collection, which makes it halfway decent at a bare minimum, as well as stylistically interesting, plot-wise, much of the film leaves me wanting.