My Life to Live
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Movie Reviews of My Life to Live
Movie Review: Good DVD of a Classic French Film
Summary: 4 Stars
This one of my favorite Godard films. The photography is superb and is one of the best character studies I've ever seen put to the big screen. Anna Karina is adorable here - this is may favorite role of her's. No fan of Jean Luc Godard or art films in general should miss this one.This DVD is a nice product. It has been remastered nicely and the sound is fine. It is represented in fullscreen format (1.33:1) but that may be how the original was shot. Who can say? Not every post-1955 movie was filmed on top-of-the-line 70mm stock, and will thus yield a pristine 2.85:1 ratio.
There aren't an overwhelming assortment of extras on the DVD (okay, there really aren't any at all), but there is optional English subtitling at least. A voice-over commentary track by any number of film historians would have been a nice addition however. The low cost of this DVD will more than compensate. In fact, do not let the lower cost deter you, potential buyer: this DVD yields a pretty clean, beautiful picture (if a tad grainy)!
Movie Review: A Highly Recommened DVD Version of this Godard Masterpiece
Summary: 4 Stars
This is an exceptional edition of an earlier Godard work which is no doubt among the director's most powerful films. This DVD does not suffer from the below average audio and video transfers which plague too many of the Truffaut and Godard films in Fox Lorber's catalogue. My only complaint about this issue is the absence of special features and the very limited scene access. Nevertheless, this DVD is highly recommended.Movie Review: Goddard at his finest
Summary: 4 Stars
Some of the best camera direction I have ever seen. Subtle filmmaking without pretense. A real joy to watch.Movie Review: What marvelous clothing the emperor has!
Summary: 1 Stars
I *wanted* to like this film. I have a lot of Respect for Roger Ebert (I have enjoyed many of his picks that were not commercially successful), so if he said it was great, I thought I would at least appreciate the experience of watching it. The cinematography is indeed enjoyable, the star nice to look at. I enjoyed seeing backgrounds of Paris in the Sixties. I liked the jukebox tune, so Sixties. And also...what? I kept trying to figure out why else anyone would enjoy this film. A girl is hard up (I'll forgive the fact that such an exquisite beauty could so easily date wealthy men that she wouldn't need to be a streetwalker, because that's the way film casting always has been) and becomes a prostitute. We learn the details (financial and mechanical) of "the life." She hears vague, nonsensical bromides from an elderly man in a restaurant (cannabis ramblings I heard in college were as profound). The film ends with a cheap occurrence that required no creativity from the scriptwriter. I am quite capable of enjoying a well-crafted "mood" film, I don't always require a deep plot. I don't require a film to be happy happy to call it a good or great film. But that this is heralded as a great film puzzles me to no end. I was bored after twenty minutes (when I realized nothing much was going to happen but women getting naked for cash) and was glad when it ended. I apologize for being so blunt, but I wanted to see at least one negative review posted here so that naive souls wouldn't spend their money buying the DVD assuming that all those glowing reviews meant a sure winner. If you must see it, rent it first, do not purchase. If your local establishment doesn't have it, the Internet-based DVD rental businesses do.Movie Review: desole!
Summary: 1 Stars
okay, so this movie is unforgettable, beautiful, the world of film is changed because of its existence-- BUTto not have put it in letterbox is a CRIME! Its like going to
the Louvre and only seeing half the mona lisa. Every
scene of this film is like a painting chopped in half, the scene when shes danicing is especially painful. Why, oh WHY did they do that!!! LETTERBOX ONLY PLEASE!