coloring
When Paul and Camille laid in bed together in the beginning, why did the screen turn blue?
shareit's a new wave film...it's godard's way of reminding you that you're watching a movie and that what's happening on screen isn't real. it's to keep you from getting to entranced by the characters and the plot.
shareI think he's also telling us a joke. The film starts with a soft yellow glow which we don't notice as unusual. But then it abruptly switches to "real world" lighting to remind us that the soft yellow was artificial. Then it switches away from reality again as if to say, "ok let's go back to fantasy" but he goes to a totally over-the-top bizarre blue! As if we're not supposed to notice. I think this is Godard's wacky sense of humour at its best.
shareI love how Palance played the smarmy producer when he saw Bardot swimming nude-- he seemed as delighted as a hungry newborn seeing it's mother's breast. I wonder if this was a commentary on Hollywood.
[Correction: It wasn't Bardot swimming, but another woman.]
Yes, because in the crazy colors, you would believe its night.
Maybe I was less shocked by the blue because I watch silent films, and scenes were tinted blue like that to represent night.
black and white movies were better
i don't know... that doesn't seem to fit for me. like in vivre sa vie and une femme est une femme the audience is intentionally pulled very much into the film and story which is one thing i like about those films. it wouldn't make sense for godard to keep the audience out of the film... just my two cents
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