2001, Godard
Perhaps the most straightforwardly beautiful of Godard's work, though he of course undercuts any traditional notion of this, with (particularly sonic) intrusions
first part uses incredibly sharp black and whites, deep focus
cross lighting, shows shadows on faces, light source never near the camera
not alienating dialogue, but elegiac, remarkably beautiful
long takes in street filming, where the incredible detail of contrast is effective
use of spaces everywhere around the camera
second part uses highly saturated colour
melting world, blinding warm reds, with the music most heartfelt
music not to accompany the image, but to set it off; to compare the image and sound
film comes together in the non-chronological relationship
and the slightly nostalgic, slightly idiotic relationship to pass is there
repetition used to understand more deeply
plays on emotions more than most Godard, really stunning shots
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