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Jean-Luc Godard Collection: Volume 1 Box Set (3 Discs)

Released on 01 January 0001

Featuring: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina & Akim Tamiroff

Format: DVD

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Contains three films by Jean Luc Godard: ALPHAVILLE, UNE FEMME EST UNE FEMME and LE PETIT SOLDAT.
ALPHAVILLE:
With 1965's ALPHAVILLE--part sci-fi action film, part noir thriller--the acclaimed French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard achieves a stunningly clinical futurism using absolutely no special visual effects. The result is a moving, original film that, with its abstract, political, and intellectual themes, essentially redefines the apocalyptic science fiction genre. ALPHAVILLE, clearly the product of one of cinema's greatest contributors, is nothing less than a bona fide cult classic.
UNE FEMME EST UNE FEMME:
Godard pays tribute to American musicals in much the same way that his debut feature, A BOUT DE SOUFFLE, did to American gangster films. The story follows the beautiful Angela (Anna Karina), a strip-tease artist who wants nothing more than to have a baby. Her live-in boyfriend, Emile (Jean-Claude Brialy), doesn't want to refuse and risk sparking major friction between the two. However, fed up with her constant pleading, Emile finally suggests that she shack up with his best friend, Alfred (Jean-Paul Belmondo), and much to Emile's dismay, she eventually takes his advice. Godard's second feature employs jump cuts and jarring sound mixing--most notably during Karina's strip-tease performances. Godard is at his most affectionate and good-natured here. He also makes several cinematic in-jokes, including one in which Belmondo's character mentions that he wants to hurry home to watch A BOUT DE SOUFFLE, the film that turned Belmondo into a megastar just one year before. Featuring a magnetically cute performance from Karina, who soon after the film became Godard's wife, this loving romantic comedy is a dazzler.
LE PETIT SOLDAT (1960):
Michel Subor stars as Bruno, a hitman under contract by the French government who suddenly develops a conscience and a philosophy when he is ordered to kill a left wing Arab leader. His newfound ideals are provoked by the stunning Veronica (Karina), a young woman who is secretly employed by the Arabs. The two fall in love, and, not surprisingly, Bruno finds it impossible to carry out his mission, bringing down the wrath of the French government on both he and Veronica. Beautifully filmed by Raoul Coutard, LES PETIT SOLDAT is less interested in the mechanics of plot as it is in providing Godard a voice for thoughts and musings on the politics and horrors of the Algerian War. It was originally banned in France because of its frank depiction of torture during Algeria's war of Independence, which was tearing France apart at the time of the film's completion.

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ActorsEddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie Dubois & Laszlo Szabo
DirectorJean-Luc Godard
Year1965, 1961, 1963
ScreenFullscreen 4:3
LanguagesFrench - Dolby (1.0) Mono
SubtitlesEnglish
Duration4 hours and 18 minutes (approx)
RegionRegion 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.