I love the flow of this movie. Soderbergh so effortlessly blends time shifts, fantasies, and memories in a manner that's somehow both offbeat and entirely smooth. The movie never loses its beat.
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Before Sunrise 1995
Something I realised this time around is just how much movement is going on amongst the people in the background. Everyone has their own stories, interactions, or observations that pass through a city that is already filled with history – conversations had, memories created, lives lived.
Every inch of the city is a time capsule filled with people's histories. Anecdotes are exchanged among strangers going about their own existence. Some are entirely one-off, others a beginning of something greater.
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Jules and Jim 1962
I love how much fun this movie has breaking conventions about love and friendship. There's a real naivety to the characters, but it's hard to judge them too much because of the spontaneous fun they all seem to be having. So much fun that even the inevitable downfall seems to come out of nowhere.
Brimming with so many cool ideas, there's always something to like about each particular scene, even if the story drags a little bit.
Will mostly remember it for the great shot of the three characters playfully cycling down a country road, and its quick-cutting narration at the beginning of the movie.
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Pierrot le Fou 1965
I thought I'd get a bit tired of the narratively chaotic, meta, and occasionally incoherent approach that Godard brings to his pictures following Breathless and Band of Outsiders, but there's still so much to enjoy about his unapologetic style.
There are moments where the poetic dialogue perfectly fits into what's on screen.
It's both a cynical look at consumerism and people's infatuation with fictional stories, but also a celebration of cinema and the little things in life we sometimes take for granted.
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