Speed Cinema Presents: Band of Outsiders (Bande à Part)
Sunday, May 22, 2016, 3:00pm
Speed Art Museum Cinema
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
“A reverie of a gangster movie.”—Pauline Kael
Starting off in the dismal Parisian suburb of Joinville, Arthur (Claude Brasseur) and Franz (Sami Frey) switch off seducing English language student Odile (the delightful Anna Karina). When she mentions that there is a big pile of cash stashed unattended at her aunt’s villa, the men plot a burglary. It’s not so easy as it seems when things go awry.
Shot four years after Breathless, Godard’s reinterpretation of a gangster film is more radical than is predecessor. Bold, audacious and immensely entertaining, this French New Wave signature film contains two iconic sequences—a breakneck race through the Louvre and the frostily cool Madison dance sequence that served as an inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. 1964, DCP, in French with English subtitles, 97 minutes.
Ticket information:
Members $7; Non-Members $9
Don’t forget to bring your Speed Art Museum membership card to verify your membership.