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.
| 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 |
| 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 |
By July 21, 2009
The greatest film by the greatest post-1950s filmmaker, Jean-Luc Godard’s 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her presents the critic, humbled by the beauty of its surfaces, the density of its ideas, and . . . Read more »
July 23, 2009
The 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 help remind . . . Read more »
August 03, 2009
Two 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 . . . Read more »
