Band of Outsiders
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Year Released: 1964
Rating: 3.0
Delightful fun from Jean-Luc, who keeps his political ranting and literary theory to a bare minimum, while still taking some clever pot shots at big-budget movie making (JLG and cinematographer Raoul Coutard take their cameras to the streets to keep costs down) and early gangster movies. Three students (Anna Karina and two men who are in love with her) decide to rob Karina's aunt, but all three are so bumbling and flighty that it ends in disaster (you wouldn't expect a well-orchestrated plan from college kids). The prototypical Godardian moments (running through the Louvre to kill time, the famous Minute of Silence, the dance in the cafe) fully compliment the characters' ennui.
