life is life

Joana 2022-12-11 13:44:24

The movie begins with the two quarreling, with their backs to the camera, the mirror placed in front of the blur, their clothes standing upright and their language rigid. In the theater, Nana watched "The Passion of Joan of Arc". The rent of 2,000 francs turned her life upside down. By letting this cause continue, she suffered and became herself by suffering, "God knows how to lead us. Where to go, but we know the way we should go." During the interrogation in the police station, Nana cried, "I am another person." The middle narrative is omitted, and the situation is increasingly difficult because of the money. "A plate is a plate, a man is a man, and life is life", choosing, and then being responsible for it, I see the shadow of existentialism. Godard presents, does not explain. Nana asks about "love" from the philosopher, expecting a silent exchange. Then she met the man who read Edgar Allan Poe to her and fell in love. The dialogue was presented in the subtitles of "The Passion of Joan of Arc". Nana's life became a silent film. In the silent film, Nana said, "I want to When you go to the Louvre, art and beauty are life.” And once you start talking, life becomes involuntary, out of control, and killed by pimps. Life is life, death is death, and it ends without rendering.

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Vivre Sa Vie quotes

  • The Philosopher: Someone once told me, "There's truth in everything, even in error."

    The Philosopher: It's true. It's true. That's what France didn't see in the 17th century. They thought one could avoid errors and lies, that one could live directly in the truth. I don't think it's possible. Hence Kant, Hegel, German philosophy: to bring us back to life and make us see that we must pass through error to arrive at truth.

  • Nana: What do you think about love?

    The Philosopher: The body had to come into it, and indeed, Leibniz introduced the contingent. Contingent truths and necessary truths make up life. German philosophy show us that in life, one thinks with the constraints and errors of life. One must manage with that. It's true.