A Woman Is a Woman - Foreign Films Classic Movies on DVD (1960) Starring Anna Karina; Directed by Jean-Luc Godard; Criterion : OLDIES.com

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A Woman Is a Woman

Starring: Anna Karina Director: Jean-Luc Godard

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Item Number:
CRIT 238D

DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada
Package Type: Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

Mono - French

Additional Release Material:

Short Films - 1. Early Jean-Luc Godard Short Film
Interviews - 1. "Qui Etes-Vous Anna Karina?" (Excerpts From a 1966 French Television Interview with Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, and Serge Gainsbourg
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

Text/Image Galleries:

Collection of Posters From Around the World
Essay - 1. J. Hoberman - Film Critic

Entertainment Reviews:

Los Angeles Times - 07/04/2003

"...More glorious than ever and also inevitably more poignant with the passing of time....It is surely Godard's most lighthearted movie..."

Product Description:

With A WOMAN IS A WOMAN, French director Jean-Luc Godard pays tribute to American musicals in much the same way that his debut feature, the critical and commercial smash hit BREATHLESS, did to American gangster films. The story follows the beautiful Angela (Anna Karina), a strip-tease artist who wants nothing more than to have a baby. Her live-in boyfriend, Emile (Jean-Claude Brialy), doesn't want to refuse and risk sparking major friction between the two. However, fed up with her constant pleading, Emile finally suggests that she shack up with his best friend, Alfred (Jean-Paul Belmondo), and much to Emile's dismay, she eventually takes his advice. Godard's second feature employs jump cuts and jarring sound mixing--most notably during Karina's strip-tease performances. A WOMAN IS A WOMAN is Godard at his most affectionate and good-natured. He also makes several cinematic in-jokes, including one in which Belmondo's character mentions that he wants to hurry home to watch BREATHLESS, the film that turned Belmondo into a megastar just one year before. Featuring a magnetically cute performance from Karina, who soon after the film became Godard's wife, this loving romantic comedy is a dazzler.

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Exerpts:

"I'm not without shame. I'm a dame." -- Angela (Karina) to Emile (Jean-Claude Brialy).

Production Notes:

Filmed on location in Paris, France.
The song "Chanson d'Angeel" was written by Michel Legrand and Jean-Luc Godard.

Cast and Crew:

Starring		Anna Karina
Directed by		Jean-Luc Godard
Composition by		Michel Legrand
Performer		Jean-Claude Brialy & Jean-Paul Belmondo

DVD Details:

Label: Criterion
Originally Released in: 1960
Number of Discs: 1
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 1 hours, 24 minutes
Video: Color
Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
Release Date: June 22, 2004
OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 63,014
Item UPC: 037429187821
Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 1 item(s) for International Shipping.

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