Impressions...

I enjoyed Godard’s Two or Three Things I Know About Her because of its unique style that is not quite avant-garde, but no mainstream either. In the reading for today, Godard mentioned the term ‘complexes’ that relate to an individual, society, and the things that influence them. I see how this relates to the film as it is a portrayal of how Paris is changed because of capitalism and how individuals, such as Juliette, have to change their lifestyles in order to fit with modern society. The scenes of the construction and Juliette’s monologues to the camera and her philosophical viewpoints were insightful and relatable to her life. I’m not sure if this is one of the first films to use this talking to the camera technique, as I know that Alfie uses it too and it came out a year earlier. But I would like to say that although other recent films have used this technique that doesn’t make a film that used it first any less experimental or significant.

I also liked the cinematographic and editing techniques used throughout the film. I noticed they were not consistent throughout the film, such as how some scenes included camera pans and others didn’t. In the scene where Juliette’s son comes in her room and talks about his dream, I was bothered by the fact that the camera would only show one of them in the shot, although they were in the same room. This was also used in the café scene with Robert and the woman. Although they were talking only one of them would be shown at a time. I think this technique relates to the detached and indifferent feelings that the characters, especially Juliette, portray.