Vivre sa vie, 1962
[My Life to Live]
Jean-Luc Godard
- Technique:
- Stylized camera angles:
- The credits show Anna Karina's face and profile.
- Conversation between Nana and Paul shot at an angle showing their backs with the characters seated at the same table at a distance reflecting the distance in their relationship.
- Silent film intertitles are sometimes used for Nana, much like the film she is moved by - Carl Theodor Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc.
- Characters use windows overlooking streets/buildings as backdrop in many interior scenes. (Note particularly the 'interior-exterior' dialogue between Nana and Paul in front of the video overlooking the street in a video game parlour)
- Amazingly fluid camera movement as the bouyantly happy Nana dances around the snooker table. As critic Arquello points out "Godard's revolutionary camerawork serves as a cinematic extension of Nana's soul."