Vivre Sa Vie - Criterion Collection Blu-Ray

Vivre sa vie was a turning point for Jean-Luc Godard and remains one of his most dynamic films, combining brilliant visual design with a tragic character study. The lovely Anna Karina, Godard’s greatest muse, plays Nana, a young Parisian who aspires to be an actress but instead ends up a prostitute; her downward spiral is depicted in a series of discrete tableaux of daydreams and dances. Featuring some of Karina and Godard’s most iconic moments— from her movie theatre vigil with The Passion of Joan of Arc to her seductive pool-hall strut—Vivre sa vie is a landmark of the French New Wave that still surprises at every turn.

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• Restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Audio commentary featuring film scholar Adrian Martin
• Video interview with film scholar Jean Narboni, conducted by historian
Noël Simsolo
• Television interview from 1962 with actress Anna Karina
• Excerpts from a 1961 French television exposé on prostitution
• Illustrated essay on La prostitution, the book that served as inspiration
for the film
• Stills gallery
• Director Jean-Luc Godard’s original theatrical trailer
• English subtitle translation
• PLUS: A booklet featuring Godard’s original scenario, an essay by critic
Michael Atkinson, interviews with Godard and a reprint by critic Jean Collet on the film’s soundtrack