PRESS NOTES: GODARD X 2 (OR 3)
Aug 3, 2009Two of Godard’s most breathlessly awaited sixties classics—Made in U.S.A and 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her—are now available on Criterion DVD, and for the New York Press’s Armond White, it’s not . . .
Synopsis
In 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (2 ou 3 choses que je sais d’elle), Jean-Luc Godard beckons us ever closer, whispering in our ears as narrator. About what? Money, sex, fashion, the city, love, language, war: in a word, everything. Among the legendary French filmmaker’s finest achievements, the film takes as its ostensible subject the daily life of Juliette Janson (Marina Vlady), a housewife from the Paris suburbs who prostitutes herself for extra money. Yet this is only a template for Godard to spin off into provocative philosophical tangents and gorgeous images. 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her is perhaps Godard’s most revelatory look at consumer culture, shot in ravishing widescreen color by Raoul Coutard.
Cast
| Juliette Janson | Marina Vlady |
| Marianne | Anny Duperey |
| Monsieur Gérard | Joseph Gerhard |
| Robert Janson | Roger Montsoret |
| John Bogus (the American journalist) | Raoul Lévy |
| Roger | Jean Narboni |
| Christophe Janson | Christophe Bourseiller |
Credits
| Director | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Screenplay | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Based on an article by | Catherine Vimenet |
| Cinematography | Raoul Coutard |
| Sound | René Levert |
| Editing | Françoise Collin |
| Costumes | Gitt Magrini |
| Producer | Anatole Dauman and Raoul Lévy |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary featuring film scholar Adrian Martin
- Archival television interviews: the first featuring actress Marina Vlady on the set of the film, the second with Jean-Luc Godard debating the subject of prostitution
- New video interview with theater director Antoine Bourseiller, a friend of Godard’s in the sixties
- A visual essay cataloguing the multiple references in the film
- Theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Amy Taubin and the letter that sparked the idea for the film
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
Jul 23, 2009The New York Press’s Armond White on Made in U.S.A and 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her—by way of Michael Bay (we knew it would happen someday!):“Both these widescreen spectacles can . . .
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