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Writer:
Dolores Hitchens (novel)
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Release Date:
5 August 1964 (France) more
Plot:
Two crooks with a fondness for old Hollywood B-movies convince a languages student to help them commit a robbery. full summary | add synopsis
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Jean-Luc "Cinema" Godard more (46 total)
Cast
(Credited cast)| Anna Karina | ... | Odile | |
| Danièle Girard | ... | English Teacher | |
| Louisa Colpeyn | ... | Madame Victoria | |
| Chantal Darget | ... | Arthur's Aunt | |
| Sami Frey | ... | Franz | |
| Claude Brasseur | ... | Arthur | |
| Georges Staquet | ... | Le légionnaire | |
| Ernest Menzer | ... | Arthur's Uncle | |
| Jean-Claude Rémoleux | ... | L'élève buveur d'alcool | |
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| Michel Delahaye | ... | Le portier | |
| Jean-Luc Godard | ... | Le narrateur | |
| Monsieur Jojot | |||
| Claude Makovski | ... | Pupil | |
| Michèle Seghers | ... | Student in English Class | |
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Band of Outsiders (USA)
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USA:95 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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UK:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16 (nf) | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Chateau d'Eau, Porte des Lilas, Le Métro, Paris, France more
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The story Franz refers to in the café scene, about something being best hidden in the most obvious place, is "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allen Poe. more
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Continuity: When assaulted by his uncle, Arthur's position changes between shots. more
Quotes:
Madame Victoria:
I hope you go to class and not to the movies.
Odile:
I hate movies.
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Les parapluies de Cherbourg more
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With this film Godard returned to the (petty) crime genre and his fascination with American pop culture. Odile (Karina), Arthur (Brasseur) and Franz (Frey) meet in an English language class and become friends. When naive Odile tells them she lives in a house where a large amount of money is cached, their imagination runs wild. Fantasizing and discussing Hollywood B-movies and pulp literature, they decide to rob the house with the help of Odile.
Godard goes to even further extremes in "violating" traditional storytelling with his voice-over narration, giving the viewer information during the action and letting his characters talk to the camera. It might not be Godard's most innovative release, compared to let's say BREATHLESS, CONTEMPT and TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER, but is probably more entertaining and accessible to modern audiences than almost any other pre-1970 film he made (his later work is difficult to grasp for any audience). In the case of CONTEMPT audiences might have flocked to the cinemas because of Brigitte Bardot's presence, but besides BB-devotees, that's hardly a recommendation now. But this one generally is an entertaining and insightful film, with the dancing sequence in the bar justly memorable, as is the 9-minute tour of the Louvre.
Still, essential for movie buffs. Godard even credited himself as Jean-Luc "Cinema" Godard. Quentin Tarantino paid tribute to this film naming his production company A Band Apart.