Band of Outsiders

Name: Band of Outsiders
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: March 15, 1966
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 93
Cast: Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur

1966

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Pathé Contemporary Films | Release Date: March 15, 1966 | Not Rated

Starring: Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur

Summary: Two restless young men (Sami Frey and Claude Brasseur) enlist the object of both of their fancies (Anna Karina) to help them commit a robbery—in her own home.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard

Genre(s): Drama, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Behind its substantial charm and light touch is a movie that’s more morbid, alienated, and personal than it lets on. Read full review

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Todd McCarthy

After shooting his most expensive film, Godard returned to the streets of Paris for the rough-hewn Band of Outsiders, which is 95 minutes of brilliant visual jazz. [31 Mar 2003, p.42]

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Pauline Kael

This lyrical tragicomedy is perhaps Godard's most delicately charming film.

Dave Kehr

This remains one of Godard's most appealing and underrated films, relatively relaxed and strangely optimistic. Read full review

Ella Taylor

Easily the most brilliant of the genuflections bestowed on the American gangster movie by the French New Wave. Read full review

Empire David Parkinson

Less audacious than A Bout de Souffle, this is, however, one of Godard's most accessible pictures. A good place to learn how much of a debt modern cinema owes him. Read full review

Jami Bernard

The strangely mesmerizing dance contest in "Pulp Fiction" was born of Jean-Luc Godard's 1964 New Wave classic Band of Outsiders. Read full review

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StewartC.

Apr 7, 2006

This film should be coupled with Breathless when spending a night with cinema. Godard pays homage to Hollywood as he weaves and manipulates his narrative (You must watch with a discerning eye and have more than a passing flirtation with cinema in order to understand his work and to what he This film should be coupled with Breathless when spending a night with cinema. Godard pays homage to Hollywood as he weaves and manipulates his narrative (You must watch with a discerning eye and have more than a passing flirtation with cinema in order to understand his work and to what he was reacting against.) . The camera, as in Breathless, is his brush, and the screen's image is his canvas.… Expand

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StephanieK.

Aug 26, 2005

I did not see the charm of this movie. It was psychologically inane. None of the characters had any appeal. There was an inordinate amount of scenes where the characters were simply running around, either on foot or in a car. I found it boring. Perhaps the charm has to do with how it was I did not see the charm of this movie. It was psychologically inane. None of the characters had any appeal. There was an inordinate amount of scenes where the characters were simply running around, either on foot or in a car. I found it boring. Perhaps the charm has to do with how it was filmed, but for me, it did not redeem it.… Expand

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