Bande à part (Band of Outsiders) 1964 M

‘Godard’s joyous realisation of the ‘girl and a gun’ theory follows three students (Anna Karina, Sami Frey, Claude Brasseur) killing time and playing at crime. Transcending its noir genre with endless superb vignettes — the mad dash through the Louvre, the dance sequence, both paid homage to by Bernardo Bertolucci and Hal Hartley in recent years — the film features crisp photography by Raoul Coutard and a memorably jazzy score by Michel Legrand.’ Melbourne Cinémathèque

M | Moderate violence

16MM, BLACK AND WHITE, MONO, 97 MINUTES, FRANCE, FRENCH (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) / DIRECTOR/SCRIPT: JEAN-LUC GODARD  / CINEMATOGRAPHER: RAOUL COUTARD / EDITOR: AGNÈS GUILLEMOT / CAST: ANNA KARINA, SAMI FREY, CLAUDE BRASSEUR / PRINT SOURCE/RIGHTS: GAUMONT  / SCREENING FORMAT: DCP