To be honest, I have never heard of this flick before but since I have a weak spot for Jean-Luc Godard’s work, I still wanted to check it out. It is definitely one of his more obscure efforts (on the other hand, 80% of his work could be described as obscure. Anyway…). In fact, Godard was done with this movie already in 1960 and it was supposed to be his 2nd directing effort just after ‘A bou... read more
“To be honest, I have never heard of this flick before but since I have a weak spot for Jean-Luc Godard’s work, I still wanted to check it out. It is definitely one of his more obscure efforts (on the other hand, 80% of his work could be described as obscure. Anyway…). In fact, Godard was done with this movie already in 1960 and it was supposed to be his 2nd directing effort just after ‘A bout de souffle’ but it was pushed back for 3 years because of the censorship. Even though I’m a huge fan of ‘A bout de souffle’, I always had some issue with the other movies directed by Godard and this flick was not an exception. I mean, there was something quite mesmerizing about the whole thing but it was also terribly alienating and very often, frankly quite boring. I mean, even if I’m” read more
"20.9.
Leffa sisältää komeaa mustavalkokuvausta hienolta näyttävässä 60-luvun katukuvassa ja mielenkiintoisia keskusteluja päähenkilöiden välillä. Agenttijuoni onnistuu olemaan cool ja Anna Karina on aina järjettömän ihana."
"Godard-boksia olen purkanut pikkuhiljaa järjestyksessä ja Le Petit Soldat onkin järjestyksessä yhdeksäs kymmenestä. Mukavan epälooginen - jos se nyt on oikea sana kuvaamaan - on kyllä elokuvien järjestely boksissa. Odotuksia voisi melkein sanoa koviksi.
Silmäänpistävää on kyllä elokuvan kauneus. Mustavalkoinen on kaunista, eikä kyllä Anna Karina elokuvaa kauneudellaan ja taidoillaan pilaa. Veronica Dryer, jota nimensä perusteella arvuutelaan suomalaiseksikin, on kerrassaan iha"
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