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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good DVD, Fantastic Movie, February 27, 2007
This review is from: A Married Woman / Une Femme Mariee (DVD)
Contrary to the other reviewer's comments, this is actually a perfectly good DVD of Godard's early and much-overlooked film -- I wonder if he's actually seen this particular disc or is just basing his comments on the company's reputation in general. The print has some minor damage to it, as you'd expect of an unrestored b&w film from the 60s, but the transfer itself is perfectly good, lacking in the kinds of digital artifacts and mess-ups that sometimes creep into DVD transfers. This is the only DVD release of this excellent film, and it's without a doubt a good buy.
The film itself is of course wonderful, one of Godard's finest works from his peak period, and it's a shame that more people haven't seen it because of its low profile.
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8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Great Film-Awful Dub, November 8, 2006
This review is from: A Married Woman / Une Femme Mariee (DVD)
This manufacturer specializes in multigenerational prints-totally unwatchable. They also have a video of Godard's Le Gai Savior-I honestly cant's see most of the images. I think Amazon.Fr may have it-play it on your computer or get a cheap all regions player like Cyberhome.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Briefly, on aspects of "A Married Woman", August 3, 2008
This review is from: A Married Woman / Une Femme Mariee (DVD)
A Married Woman: Fragments of a Film Shot in 1964 in Black and White
Jean-Luc Godard
A sensual farce in which Charlotte, the beautiful young wife of Pierre, must decide whom she will stay with - her possessive husband or her lover, Robert, an actor who appeals to her deep attraction to the present and its fleeting pleasures. Both men want to give her a child. Unknown to either, one of them has already succeeded.
The pleasures of love are beautifully framed in extensive love scenes, stylized close-ups of body parts - bare hands, legs, stomachs and heads - engaged in tender pre- or post-coital caress, often against a canvas of unpatterned bed sheets and walls. It is in these moments that Charlotte seeks to grasp the ineffable and uncontrollable vitality of the present
Political and social critical themes, whose treatment in some of Godard's films make for challenging viewing, emerge in AMW but are subordinate to plot, character development and generous visual allure. The view of the male-female relationship (at least, within the bounds of traditional conjugal relations in 1960's France) focuses lightly but unsentimentally on the deceit, jealousy and violence inherent in it.
Charlotte is aware of her basic relationship of subordination to both men, but she has no thoughts of rebellion. The absence of afterthought is her strength. Contradiction has no purchase within the space she creates for herself.
Don't be put off by the lengthy subtitle, which suggests a fragmented and perhaps unfinished work. This is a luscious, intelligent film whose nuanced view of the female condition can engage post-feminist thinking.
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