512 Vivre sa vie

[Matt]

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Vivre sa vie was a turning point for Jean-Luc Godard and remains one of his most dynamic films, combining brilliant visual design with a tragic character study. The lovely Anna Karina, Godard’s greatest muse, plays Nana, a young Parisian who aspires to be an actress but instead ends up a prostitute; her downward spiral is depicted in a series of discrete tableaux of daydreams and dances. Featuring some of Karina and Godard’s most iconic moments—from her movie theater vigil with The Passion of Joan of Arc to her seductive pool-hall strut—Vivre sa vie is a landmark of the French New Wave that still surprises at every turn.

Disc Features

- New, restored high-definition digital transfer (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
- Audio commentary featuring film scholar Adrian Martin
- Video interview with film scholar Jean Narboni, conducted by historian Noël Simsolo
- Television interview from 1962 with actress Anna Karina
- Excerpts from a 1961 French television exposé on prostitution
- Illustrated essay on La prostitution, the book that served as inspiration for the film
- Stills gallery
- Director Jean-Luc Godard’s original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Atkinson, interviews with Godard, a reprint by critic Jean Collet on the film’s soundtrack, and Godard’s original scenario

Available on DVD and Blu-ray

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[domino harvey]

I knew they'd be porting over Martin's Madman commentary, which is arguably best commentary ever recorded for a Godard film in terms of breadth of background

[zachhh]

i haven't seen this but it sounds a little like Nights of Cabiria

[Matt]

Well, it's in black and white and about a prostitute, so... yes!

[Napier]

I hope there are clowns in it. Blu-ray clowns are scary.

[alandau]

I have never thought much of Martin's commentaries or his public presentations (i.e Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards and Holocaust historiography at Monash University). However, I will be open to his interpretation of Godard.

[Florinaldo]

I have never thought much of Martin's commentaries or his public presentations (i.e Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards and Holocaust historiography at Monash University). However, I will be open to his interpretation of Godard.

As for myself, I found his commentaries on Godard' 2 ou 3 Choses Que je Sais d'Elle and on a Australian edition of Buñuel's El Ángel Exterminador very well argued and informative. However, on the Australian Ángel one of his points was undermined by the fact that the repetition of the arrival of the guests which he mentions was edited out of the print used.

I very much look forward to that release, since I have a very dim memory of it, from too many decades ago, although I seem to recall that the distancing effect from Karina's acting is not pronounced as in other efforts.

[somnambulating]

The Credits listing on the Criterion page, "Thought out, written, shot, edited, in sum, directed by..." these are Criterion's words or did I miss it in the movie?

[cinemartin]

They are on the very first title card, I believe. They are in small type though.

[MoonlitKnight]

Yay, come 4/20, I'll have all of Godard's '60s films (i.e. pretty much the only ones worth owning )!

[justeleblanc]

Yay, come 4/20, I'll have all of Godard's '60s films (i.e. pretty much the only ones worth owning )!

... says someone who's never seen NUMERO DEUX

[Murdoch]

Godard's 60s films are my least favorite of his.

[dad1153]

Godard's films are my least favorite of his.

Fixed!

[klee13]

Godard's films are my least favorite of his.

Fixed!

Yeah, too bad about that Godard guy, dying at the height of his career. Who knows what great films he would've made had he lived on.

[Murdoch]

There should really be a moratorium on one-off statements about forum members' favorite directors, it only brings out the worst in people.

[perkizitore]

Blu-ray.com

[triodelover]

Beaver

[Matt]

Stunning. I can't wait until my copy arrives so that I can chuck my Fox Lorber DVD straight into the trash can.

[domino harvey]

The Fox Lorber was their best Godard transfer though. While this is obviously a step up, I think every disc of this I've owned has been from a quality print.

[montgomery]

Yeah, the Fox Lorber screen caps hold up surprisingly well. If it wasn't for the upgrade to Blu, I might've stuck with it.

[cdnchris]

Stunning. I can't wait until my copy arrives so that I can chuck my Fox Lorber DVD straight into the trash can.

Burn it like I did with Breathless

[Napier]

Stunning. I can't wait until my copy arrives so that I can chuck my Fox Lorber DVD straight into the trash can.

Burn it like I did with Breathless

Or donate it to the local library.

[swo17]

Perhaps because of confusion over the language of the title, those Fox Lorbers are still going for decent money at amazon marketplace and half.com. Depending on the condition of your DVD, you might could make $10-$20 off it and mostly subsidize the cost of an upgrade.

[tajmahal]

Beaver

Attention Domino Harvey, The final Beaver screencap is your avatar in waiting.

[Noiretirc]

Stunning. I can't wait until my copy arrives so that I can chuck my Fox Lorber DVD straight into the trash can.

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