Almost all of Godard's films before 1968 involved Anna Karina. The two fell in love and got married in their early thirties. It should not be an exaggeration to say that Anna Karina was Godard's early muse. This "Do whatever you want" was filmed after Anna lost Godard's child in her womb. The relationship between the two has begun to be cold. It is said that Anna did not like the film and complained that Godard made her look ugly.
In an interview later, Godard talked about "As You Want", and once said that this film should be regarded as the end of his film career. Looking back, from "Exhausted" to "As You Want", it was his unconscious state. (I guess he should look back on that period as if he was flickering in a dream: the opening and heyday of the new wave, the collision of ideas and cultures of a group of young geniuses, the beauty Muse is always around...), so after "Do whatever you want", he chose to create on a more realistic path. The film itself is a reflection. The heroine's suspicion, questioning and position are also Godard's own attitude to a certain extent.
A classic scene of Nana's conversation in the café with the philosopher, who is actually Brice Parain, in his Recherchessur la nature et les fonctions du langage (Recherchessur la nature et les fonctions du langage) ) had a certain degree of influence on Godard. This classic dialogue involves thought, language, words and conversation. Whether it is necessary for people to speak, the meaning of silence. How to distinguish between mistakes and lies. Once again affirmed Kant and Hegel's return to the essence of life, the position of experiencing error to reach the truth, as well as Leibniz's accidental truth and necessary truth. The final tentative conclusion is that we turn to love because love is a solution, given the truth about the existence of inhibitions and errors in life.
"In your 20s, all you know is bits and pieces
You will make arbitrary choices
Your "I love" is mixed with a lot of things
But to fully love what you love, you need to mature
means to seek
This is the truth of life
That's why, under the premise of truth, love is a solution. "
This kind of questioning and exploration is what Godard himself has been experiencing. Freedom and responsibility are also the inhibitions in his life. He and Anna Karina completed this film in 1962 and officially broke up in 1964, although the films before 1968 are still Anna was involved, but Godard has since continued to explore more experimental possibilities. He is always free.
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