
Blu-ray Review: Vivre sa Vie (Criterion Collection)
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‘Vivre sa Vie’ (or ‘My Life to Live’) was the fourth film of Jean-Luc Godard, master of the French New Wave. It was released in 1962. And even today it seems ahead of its time. ‘Vivre sa Vie’ stars Godard’s…
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Highly Recommended [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] For a film so fixated on tight close-ups of Anna Karina’s breathtakingly beautiful face, the opening sequence of Vivre sa vie tries its best to avoid looking at her head-on. When first we meet Nana, once the f… Read the entire review
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