Pierrot le fou (1965)

Pierrot le fou
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Written by Jean-Luc Godard
1965/France/Italy
Films Georges de Bouregard/Rome Paris Productions/SNC/Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografia
First viewing/Netflix rental
One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

[box] Samuel Fuller: Film is like a battleground. There’s love, hate, action, violence, death… in one word: emotion.[/box]

The good:  Raoul Coutard’s glorious color cinematography and Anna Karina’s face.  The bad:  Everything else.

The plot such as it is involves the adventures and relationship of Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmodo) and Marianne (Anna Karina) who for some reason are on the run from terrorists. Marianne insists on calling Ferdinand Pierrot.  They basically drift along having interminable pointless arguments and discussions about life and art.  Then comes the abrupt explosive ending.

I’m not going to waste a lot of time analyzing this film.  I find Godard to be totally insufferable.  The only thing that keeps me watching these is the List and the often beautiful images that go along with his pretentious (lack of) storytelling.

Pierrot