Even this early in his career, Godard knew how to make audiences viscerally experience and contemplate things they might otherwise not have wanted to.
The Little Soldier
1963 · 1h 27m · Not Rated
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
Overview
Despite his lack of political convictions, photojournalist Bruno Forestier is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence movement.
Director and cast
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It's a classic espionage plot shot through with a typically heady mix of art and literary references: Klee and Velazquez, Bach and Haydn, Bernanos and Musil.
Gradually it becomes clearer that, starting with Le Petit Soldat, Godard was forging his own individualistic art and becoming the most relevant director of our time.
ubor's contemplative voice-over and Raoul Coutard's somber cinematography make this seem severe compared to the jazzy exuberance of Breathless.
Looked at in the context of Godard's later, militant work, this film's analysis is at once naive and fascinating.
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