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Movie Description
With A WOMAN IS A WOMAN, French director Jean-Luc Godard pays tribute to American musicals in much the same way that his debut feature, the critical and commercial smash hit BREATHLESS, 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. A WOMAN IS A WOMAN is Godard at his most affectionate and good-natured. He also makes several cinematic in-jokes, including one in which Belmondo's character mentions that he wants to hurry home to watch BREATHLESS, 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.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
Short Films - 1. Early Jean-Luc Godard Short Film
Interviews - 1. "Qui Etes-Vous Anna Karina?" (Excerpts From a 1966 French Television Interview with Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, and Serge Gainsbourg
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Text/Image Galleries:
Collection of Posters From Around the World
Essay - 1. J. Hoberman - Film Critic
Filmed on location in Paris, France.
The song "Chanson d'Angeel" was written by Michel Legrand and Jean-Luc Godard.
Industry Reviews
"...More glorious than ever and also inevitably more poignant with the passing of time....It is surely Godard's most lighthearted movie..."
Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (07/04/2003)
Quotations
"I'm not without shame. I'm a dame."--Angela (Karina) to Emile (Jean-Claude Brialy).
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