"Exhausted" is Godard's debut and famous work, but to say Godard's most far-reaching film, "Outlaw" must be ranked first. There is no doubt that the dance of the three-person cafe in the film has brought a lot of inspiration to Quentin's "Pulp Fiction" twist dance. In this story, the three people's love affair and gags before executing the plan were also carried forward by Quentin later. The plot of the three people running through the Louvre in a time of 9 minutes and 42 seconds, which broke the Guinness record, was imitated by "Dream of Paris". After Arthur's death, the monologue about the footless bird was used by Wong Kar-wai in "The True Story". Although there was a monologue about the footless bird in Marlon Brando's "The Fugitive" in 1960, its popularity and influence are far less than that of "Fugitive". Outsiders". At the same time, the role setting of two men and one woman is also a major feature of the new wave. "A woman is a woman", "Ancestor and Zhan". The later "Dream of Paris" can be said to be a thorough tribute to the New Wave.
Godard made a film noir to satirize mainstream Hollywood noir. Odile and Franz have an ambiguous relationship similar to boyfriend and girlfriend. Odile told Franz that there was a huge sum of money in the villa where his aunt lived. Franz, who was not doing his job properly, told the news to his friend Arthur who was also not doing his job properly. The two plan to steal the money. The first time the three of them were in the same frame was in English class, and the first time Arthur met Odile, the two exchanged glances. After class, Franz asked Odier if he smoked, Odier refused, and then took the cigarette from Arthur with a smile, Franz looked embarrassed. The relationship between the three is clearly explained to the audience in this picture. Then the three plan to steal money from Aunt Odier's house. But Godard did not take the process of making a careful plan and implementing the plan as the focus of attention, but focused on the gags and idle chats between the three people, Arthur flirted with Odile, and Franz was secretly jealous And never give up, etc. in these life fragments that have nothing to do with the main line. This is a subversion of the narrative logic of mainstream Hollywood movies, and it has also achieved those classic bridges. The sound experiment of sudden silence has been tried in many of Godard's films, but it is humorous and embarrassing when placed in the scene of the silence of three people in a coffee shop. Arthur and Franz put Odile's black stockings over their heads when they ran their money grab. After the three finally grabbed the money, Arthur and his uncle shot each other to death. Odile and Franz happily embarked on the road to escape to Brazil. The monologue at this point is "My story is over, like a third-rate novel, with a happy ending. What follows will be "Odile and Franz's Brazil" in the second color widescreen film of "Outlaws" Horror, please look forward to it." This is Godard's irony of mainstream Hollywood commercial films again.
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