2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle (1967)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Jean-Luc Godard

Writers:

Catherine Vimenet (letter)
Jean-Luc Godard (writer)

Release Date:

17 March 1967 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

In this film, 'Her' refers to both Paris, the character of Juliette Janson and the actress playing her...

Plot Keywords:

Paris | Prostitution | Vietnam | Film Essay | Writers

Cast

Joseph Gehrard	...	Monsieur Gérard
Marina Vlady	...	Juliette Jeanson
Anny Duperey	...	Marianne
Roger Montsoret	...	Robert Jeanson
Raoul Lévy	...	John Bogus, the American
Jean Narboni	...	Roger
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yves Beneyton	...	Young man
Juliet Berto	...	Girl talking to Robert
Helena Bielicic	...	Girl in Bath
Christophe Bourseiller	...	Christophe Jeanson
Marie Bourseiller	...	Solange Jeanson
Marie Cardinal
Robert Chevassu	...	Meter reader
Jean-Luc Godard	...	Narrator (voice)
Blandine Jeanson	...	Girl
Benjamin Jules-Rosette	...	Man in basement
Jean-Pierre Laverne	...	Author
Jean-Patrick Lebel	...	Pécuchet
Anna Manga	...	Woman in basement
Claude Miller	...	Bouvard
Hélène Scott	...	Girl playing pinball

Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard

Writing credits
Catherine Vimenet		(letter)
Jean-Luc Godard		(writer)

Produced by
Anatole Dauman	....	producer
Raoul Lévy	....	producer

Cinematography by
Raoul Coutard

Film Editing by
Françoise Collin
Chantal Delattre

Costume Design by
Gitt Magrini

Production Management
Claude Miller	....	production manager
Philippe Senné	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles L. Bitsch	....	assistant director
Isabelle Pons	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Antoine Bonfanti	....	sound
René Levert	....	sound

Production Companies

• Argos Films
• Anouchka Films
• Les Films du Carrosse
• Parc Film

Distributors

• Compagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique (CFDC) (1967) (France) (theatrical)
• La Société des Films Sirius (1967) (France) (theatrical)
• Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC) (1967) (France) (theatrical)
• New Yorker Films (1970) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Rialto Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Criterion Collection, The (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• KinoVista (2006) (Russia) (TV)
• Madman Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2006) (New Zealand) (DVD)
• Ripley's Home Video (2006) (Italy) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Deux ou trois choses que je sais d'elle (France) (alternative spelling)
Two or Three Things I Know About Her

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Argos Films

Trivia:

In the scene where Juliette drops off her daughter at the day care/brothel, there is a painting on the wall of a screen shot of Nana (Anna Karina) in Vivre Sa Vie.

Quotes:

Narrator: Objects exist, and if we pay them more attention than we do people, it is because they exist more than those people. Dead objects live on. Living people are often dead already.

Movie Connections:

References The General (1926)

Soundtrack:

Quartet no. 16

The least successful Godard film I've seen, and I've seen more than a dozen others

Although it was a critical success when it was released, and it still has strong supporters today, I personally found Two or Three Things I Know About Her a very weak film. It represents a day in the life of a prostitute/housewife, though that itself is difficult to tell. The film is rather amorphous. Maybe that's a word that many would use to describe the whole of Godard's films. But almost all of his other films, with the possible exception of Alphaville and Contempt (both of which I need to see again, having not seen them for a few years), have a little more internal structure and, what is especially missing from Two or Three Things, a pace. Other films of his are also more biting in their satire or drama, depending on what Godard is going for. Two or Three Things is dead in the water. Think of the giddy quickness and insanity of Pierrot le fou or Le Week-End, or the frightening images of Le petit soldat or Vivre sa vie. This film is not worthless, however. I've never seen a Godard film that I would call bad. And it is, like all of his films (I also haven't seen one that any fan should miss), important in his development as a director. You can see Le Week-End about to burst out of the screen. Two or Three Things contains a couple of remarkable scenes, including the coffee scene. Godard narrates in a whisper, philosophizing over his own role in the universe, as creme swirls in a cup of coffee and clusters of bubbles rotate and pop (the camera is so close that you can't see anything but the coffee in the cup). The cinematography in general, by Godard's frequent collaborator Raoul Coutard, is quite good. I especially like the shots of construction equipment, cranes and such. They're kind of like the opposite of Yasujiro Ozu's pillow shots. 6/10.