There’s some good/unique parts. So far what I’m getting from 1960 French heist movies they loved narration

One of the few Goddard films I can not only tolerate but genuinely enjoy. There’s an actual plot in this one which helps. The dance scene is one of the best I’ve seen in cinema. It’s a good Goddard film. Watched on DVD.

It was a 2.5 for me, until the end which bumped it up. It seemed clever and was just cathartic for me. It's quite a conventional film about love gone wrong with a heist to cap it off, but it has that French New Wave spice in it that helps give it more personality, with some memorable moments coming out of it.

A very frustrating film. I think I went in expecting way too much and was left severely disappointing. There are definitely some standout scenes in there, some great laughs but also a lot of tedious repetitive moments.

I almost chalked this up as another worrying example of a foreign film classic that I had failed to appreciate until I got past the halfway mark and things started to pick up. The heist finale really is quite good, and the dance scene with the narration was appreciable. This was my first Jean-Luc movie and I think I was just expecting more than what I got; this actually holds up quite well against other foreign language movies I've seen. A review cited on the movie's Wiki page says this is among his most accessible movies, so I think I'll need to see more of his work to really gain an appreciation for why he's so beloved.

romantic, philosophy, and beautiful.

I won't pretend to be a scholar of French New Wave. I've seen a few movies (including BREATHLESS, 400 BLOWS and a few more). And now Godard's BAND OF OUTSIDERS. Of the New Wave I've seen, Godard's films are often the liveliest and most "carefree." At their best, they have an undeniable energy that feels real, like something really happening while a camera happened to be running. Sometimes, you are VERY aware that a film is being made but in a way that delights you with the craftsmanship. And sometimes, you just don't quite know what's going on, because the elements of what we think of as traditional narrative and storytelling are less interesting to Godard. BAND OF OUTSIDERS touches all these areas. We are introduced, somewhat abruptly, to Arthur & Franz, two young men with little money and big ambitions. And little in the way of scruples. They are both taken with the innocent young Odile (Anna Karina), whom they attend an English Class with. They like her, but they also like the fact that she lives in a home where one of the men there keeps a huge pile of cash in his closet. So they both woo her because they are interested in her, and woo her to get her to help them steal the money. She knows that's their goal, but is nervous about helping. It isn't always easy to tell how anyone really feels about anything. There's actually a narrator there to explain some of this to us, but he never really quite does. The two men are fairly stoic, and its hard to read them. They are clowns. They are romantics. They are men of their era who also like old Hollywood movies. Odile is innocent, but that doesn't mean she isn't interested in and tempted by these guys. She's ready to break out of her shell more than a little. The "heist" in the movie is almost incidental to watching these 3 interact. At times, their relationship is quite amusing, and at times, there is an undercurrent of danger. Odile fancies Arthur, ultimately, because she thinks he's the most genuine. But to us, he feels the most sinister. Capable of violence. And at it's best, the three have some really amazingly fun scenes together. Best of all was a long sequence set in a cafe, which, after lots of amusing things regarding who will sit where at their table, the 3 launch into a dance (The Madison). That scene, one long, long take, is amazing. Nothing happens, really, except they dance...but it's amazing to watch. Karina comes into her own...she glows in this scene, and for me, at that moment, she became a truly interesting actor. It's a goofy movie in many ways, and speeds along briskly, but mostly to nowhere. The heist takes the tone of the film in new directions, and I'm not sure how Godard wanted things to come across. It seems remarkably callous. There are times throughout the film where we simply don't have a clue what's going on in the minds of the characters. They engage in conversations that come out of nowhere and we're given no context. Yes, it's all very "new wavey", but we need a little more to be willing to take the journey with you 100%. It's a fun movie, and feels very evocative of its time and of a particular generation in that time. The young and disaffected with no real prospects. I'm very glad I saw it The Criterion version is excellent, of course. I watched all the supplemental materials, and with the exception of a somewhat ponderous interview with the cinematographer, it's all worth watching. The printed booklet is heftier than usual, full of good reading. I highly recommend the Criterion "package" for BAND OF OUTSIDERS.

Yes, it's iconic; yes, it's insouciant; yes, it's cool. Because you're into films, you get the dance scene and you dream that that's your night out - syncopatic cool in a cafe that's so de rigeur no one bats an eyelid, 'cos we're French and this is how we do, right? The running through the Louvre may be the biggest beneficiary of post-lockdown social spacing and visitor limiting - you might just be able to do that. The rest, well it's problematic. This isn't news, but Godard really doesn't respect his female characters - she takes a slap, doesn't know what the Louvre is despite living in Paris, obligingly falls for characters within seconds who treat her poorly, worries a lot but submits to a ludicrous plot because that's what the boys want to do, wonders whether the boys are watching her breasts move when she dances and ends up with Godard's hero at the end despite not having any chemistry with him at all. And they can't fire guns properly or drive well. Why is there a tiger in it?

Such a fun, witty take on a heist film from the French New Wave. Everything from the acting to the shots continues to build up the story and its characters.

This film was great!

Band of Outsiders is the story of a pair of men who plan to steal some money with the assistance of a young woman who is living with the target. The plan is rudimentary to say the least, so don’t get the impression that this is some kind of heist film. They do spend a decent amount of time talking about the crime, including when it needs to happen and how they will pull it off, but there are no complex steps that will be necessary. The movie is a bit slow-moving because it takes time to get to the actual day of the robbery, and it feels like the kind of crime that could be done on a whim. Yet for some reason it never felt like the movie was dragging and I was not bored by it. What made the time pass so easily is the fact that they used all this build-up to establish the characters and the relationships between them. We get a lot of time with Anna Karina and start to sympathize as she is manipulated by these men who want to use her to pull off this robbery. We also have plenty of time to learn the differences in personalities between Claude Brasseur and Sami Frey, and we start to question if either of them truly cares for Anna Karina. I quite liked how they handled all the relationship scenes and allowed us to deduce some of the underlying emotions without feeling the need to spell them out. It’s a subtle movie that has a number of scenes that feel like they could have been in a silent film. At times Band of Outsiders has a heightened almost surreal tone, which I loved. This was most evident in the scene where the three main characters get up and do an entire choreographed dance in the middle of a diner. It was so playful and fun that it made me smile the entire time. It didn’t tonally match everything else in the movie, but I did not care because I was enjoying the sequence so much. I do wonder if that scene shifted my opinion of the whole film, though, because it made the darker elements of the story feel harsh and out of place. There were definitely some aspects that I found entertaining in Band of Outsiders, even if it wasn’t a total success for me. It had just enough high points that I would like to watch it again knowing what to expect.

"I didn't know if dream was becoming reality or, reality becoming a dream" perfectly represents the self-conscious philosophy of Les Nouvelles Vagues. Modern movies continue to take notes on Jean Luc Godard's work which revels in the art of cinema. Delightful and thought-provoking, "Bande a Part" executes the simple home-invasion movie with distinct style and freshness which still holds up to this day. Perhaps the most iconic scene occurs at the midpoint of the film in which the characters joyfully dance the "Madison". A scene which has strong resemblance to that of Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction". In fact, the writer-director famously named his production company "A Band Apart" as homage to the film. Immediately introducing the voice-over of the character Franz, the audience are made aware that they are watching a movie, epitomising the Auteur theory which began during Les Nouvelles Vagues. Like other Godard films, "Bande a Part" is a film which I will continue to recommend to anyone interested in movies. Simply put, it's one of the best films ever made.

Band of Outsiders is a cool, funny and dark film about three listless youths committing a half-assed robbery. The line dance scene alone is worth the price of watching it on YouTube.

Right off the bat Anna Karina. Wooh! What a cute little thang she is. I definitely enjoyed watching her wok her charm throughout the movie. This movie doesn't take itself seriously which is a breath of fresh air from what French cinema usually is. It's funny at times and it definitely has a charm about it. This movie takes a different approach to your usual heist movie. Godard definitely has his own style and it's very distinctive. Overall, this movie was fun to watch and was great to see a new twist on the heist genre.

The film left the world with some cinematic heritage, Jean-Luc Godard is however never my thingy.

Odile (Anna Karina) meets a man named Franz (Sami Frey) in an English language class. She has told him of a large pile of money stashed in the villa where she lives with her aunt, Madame Victoria and a man named Monsieur Stoltz in Joinville, a Parisian suburb. Franz tells his friend Arthur (Claude Brasseur) of the money - and his nascent romance with Odile - and the two hatch a plan to steal it. Meanwhile, Franz and Arthur try to seduce Odile. Ultimately, Arthur wins Odile, and they spend the night together. Arthur's uncle learns of their plot and wants a cut of the money. Franz, Arthur, and Odile now must commit the robbery the night before they had planned, the night they knew M. Stoltz would be away from home. Moreover, M. Stoltz grows suspicious, and he hides the money and changes the locks. Will they pull off the heist? "Bande à part" is a 1964 Nouvelle vague film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It was released as Band of Outsiders in North America; its French title derives from the phrase faire bande à part, which means "to do something apart from the group." The film is an adaptation of the novel Fools' Gold (Doubleday Crime Club, 1958) by American author Dolores Hitchens (1907-1973). The film belongs to the French New Wave movement. Godard described it as "Alice in Wonderland meets Franz Kafka". "Bande à part" is often considered one of Godard's most accessible films; Amy Taubin of the Village Voice called it "a Godard film for people who don't much care for Godard". Its accessibility has endeared the film to a broader audience. For example, it was the only Godard film selected for Time's All-TIME 100 movies. Film critic Pauline Kael described "Bande à part" as "a reverie of a gangster movie" and "perhaps Godard's most delicately charming film". The entire coffeehouse dance scene was also used as the music video for the song "Dance with Me", by the music group Nouvelle Vague from their 2006 album Bande à Part. The group took their name from a scene in the movie, where Odile and Arthur are walking on a street and pass a business with Nouvelle Vague (New Wave or New Trend) in large letters over the door. Bande à part was ranked No. 79 in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films of World Cinema" in 2010. "Bande à part" has been in my DVD shelf for a long time and finally I pulled it out and saw it. This New Wave film has a touch of a beatnik tale with a jazzy and anarchistic look upon life. Within the french New Wave cinema movement the filmmakers were linked by: their self-conscious rejection of the literary period pieces being made in France and written by novelists; their spirit of youthful iconoclasm; the desire to shoot more current social issues on location; and their intention of experimenting with the film form. Many also engaged in their work with the social and political upheavals of the era, making their radical experiments with editing, visual style and narrative part of a general break with the conservative paradigm. Using portable equipment and requiring little or no set up time, the New Wave way of filmmaking presented a documentary style. The films exhibited direct sounds on film stock that required less light. Filming techniques included fragmented, discontinuous editing, and long takes. The combination of objective realism, subjective realism, and authorial commentary created a narrative ambiguity in the sense that questions that arise in a film are not answered in the end. "Bande à part" is free in it´s form, has a touch of realism in it´s cinematography and you are not quite sure where the story is going as it is fragmented, despite the fact that you know the main plot. At times it´s an intriguing film, but at the same time it suffers from the art house cinema complex. The acting is theatrical and so is the dialogue, the need to tell the tale in chopped up order and characters that seems to be more charitures than "real" people. I do love Godard´s move of including scenes like the dance sequence and when the three anti heroes attempt to break the world record for running through the Louvre museum. However, there´s something banal and too experimental with "Band a Parte" that doesn´t quite make it for me. I wanted to like it more than I did.

It feels like guerilla film making, probably because it was. Uber naturalistic and surprisingly depressing.

This classic French New Wave film from Jean-Luc Godard is one of his more accessible films. it's really energetic and a lot of fun, especially the dance sequence. The camera definitely loves Anna Karina. This is a must watch for all serious film fans, Tarantino named his Production company after it.

An exhilarating experience.

This is Godard the way we all know and love him. Contains an absolutely beautiful soundtrack, which includes 36 seconds of no sound at all. Genius. The trio of friends are irresistibly cool. That scene where they are all running in the Louvre, you just want to run along with them. Who can forget the dance scene? Even when they are trying to rob the house, it seems so playful. Not surprisingly, the coolness of this movie inspired Tarantino, so greatly, that he named his production company, A Band Apart. As old as this film is, it's aged like a fine wine.