Band of Outsiders [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Band of Outsiders [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Jean-Luc Godard Cast: Claude Brasseur
Claude Brasseur
, Anna Karina
Anna Karina
, Sami Frey
Sami Frey
, Ernest Menzer
Ernest Menzer
Jean-Luc Godard
Band of Outsiders [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Band of Outsiders [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Jean-Luc Godard Cast: Claude Brasseur
Claude Brasseur
, Anna Karina
Anna Karina
, Sami Frey
Sami Frey
, Ernest Menzer
Ernest Menzer
Jean-Luc Godard

Blu-ray (Black & White)

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Overview

Franz (Sami Frey) and Artur (Claude Brasseur) are two French youngsters attending an English class with Odile (Anna Karina). Soon all becoming friends, Odile volunteers information about some loot being stored in her aunt's (Louisa Colpeyn) home outside of Paris. Fascinated by American outlaws and crime films, Franz and Artur concoct a scheme of robbery, forcing Odile to go along. Though Artur's underworld uncle (Ernest Menzer) would like in on the fun, they leave him out. Much to their disappointment, he cannot be ignored so easily. Concerned with the characters' isolation and misguided fantasy, French writer/director Jean-Luc Godard spends more screen time with character study than with the actual events. Not long after Contempt hit the box office, critics at the time suggested this feature to be more accessible to mainstream audiences. Slightly divergent from Godard's prior films, Bande a part/Band of Outsiders does include Godard's sardonic and artistic style, but not the usual jump cuts and roving camera shots--whether because of Godard's artistic choice or financial influence (the film was completed with a budget of $100,000). Godard based his screenplay on Dolores Hitchens' novel Fool's Gold.

Product Details

Release Date: 05/07/2013
UPC: 0715515106412
Original Release: 1964
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:35:00
Sales rank: 10,354

Special Features

Visual glossary of references and quotations found in the film; Exclusive interviews with cinematographer Raoul Coutard and actor Anna Karina; Excerpts from the documentary La Nouvelle Vague Par Elle-Même, featuring director Jean-Luc Godard discussing the New Wave and rare behind-the-scenes footage from Band Of Outsiders; Filmmaker Agnès Varda's 1961 silent short Les Fiancés Du Pont Mac Donald, featuring Godard, Karina, and other members of the Band Of Outsiders cast; Godard's original trailer and the 2001 U.S. rerelease trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Claude Brasseur Arthur
Anna Karina Odile
Sami Frey Franz
Ernest Menzer Arthur's uncle
Georges Staquet Legionnaire
Louisa Colpeyn Mme. Victoria
Chantal Darget Actor
Michel Delahaye Doorman at School
Danièle Girard English teacher
Jean-Luc Godard Narrator
Claude Makovski Pupil
Michel Legrand Composer

Technical Credits
Jean-Luc Godard Director,Screenwriter
Philippe Dussart Producer
Antoine Bonfanti Sound/Sound Designer
René Levert Sound/Sound Designer
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