First Name - Carmen (Godard Collection)

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Synopsis: First Name: Carmen tells the parallel stories of a quartet rehearsing Beethoven and a group of young people... more »
Rating: R18+
Release: 4/09/07
Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime/Mystery, Foreign
Actors: Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffe, Myriem Roussel, more »
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Format: DVD-Video

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First Name: Carmen tells the parallel stories of a quartet rehearsing Beethoven and a group of young people robbing a bank, supposedly to get the funds to make a film. The film is a meditation on the difficulties of youth in the 1980s, the relations between cinema and capital, and how to film the human body. Godard fills the film with carefully composed shots of bodies playing music, making love, and acting violently. His attention to bodies in First Name: Carmen makes the film's images very close to sculptures, particularly those of Rodin. The film's engagement with painting and sculpture continues Godard's ongoing investigation of the relationships between cinema and other arts.

Special Features

Colin Maccabe Introduction
Photo Gallery
Credits
Posters

Actors

Distributor

Universal

Year of Release

1983

Country of Origin

France

Run Time (minutes)

Language

French
German

Subtitle Language

English,
Swedish,
Spanish,
Norwegian

Audio Format

Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Aspect Ratio

1.33:1 Letterbox

Transfer Aspect Ratio

4:3

DVD Region

First Released

2007-09-04

Number of Discs

Video Format

PAL

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