Throwback Sundays this week celebrates a film that, as pointed out by filmmaker and blogger Sujewa Ekanayake, was one of director Princeton Holt's initial inspirations behind his feature film Cookies & Cream (www.cookiesncreammovie.com).
Faced with a failed relationship, a dead-end job, and potential homelessness, young Parisienne Nana Kleinfrankenheim (Anna Karina) turns to "the life" - that is, prostitution. A simple tale told in twelve Brechtian tableaux, Vivre Sa Vie is one of Jean Luc Godard's most deeply felt films, anchored by Karina's astonishing lead performance and Nouvelle Vague favorite Raoul Coutard's breathtaking cinematography of street-level Paris.
Jean-Luc Godard, France 1962, 85 min
"One of the most extraordinary, beautiful, and original works of art that I know of ." - Susan Sontag
Check out the trailer here:
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