Miss Anna Karina: the one whom Godard ‘s camera really loved
For filmmakers, the French New Wave is a dream-like name.It represents an extreme period. It seems that in that era, young people can freely obtain the right to shoot movies and present their stories on the screen in their language.Before and after this, even any movie movement in the future will not be as romantic as the new wave of France.The death of Anna Karina seems to remind us that we are one step away from that beautiful era.>>> Anna Karina, the icon of the French new wave movie, passed away. At the age of 79, Anna Karina’s most well-known identity was Muse of Godard and a wife.No matter in any corner of the world, male directors and female stars are entangled, leaving behind countless legends.Anna Karina first appeared in the film industry. She played a comedy role in “Tonight To Forever” directed by Michelle Deville in 1961.Anna Karina in The Little Soldier.In fact, the first film she starred in was Godard’s “Soldier”, but the film was only released three years later due to censorship issues.Anna Karina married Godard in 1961, and they worked together on a total of 7 movies.It can be said that the state of their love is reflected in the movie creation process, “Little Soldier” is regarded as “if life is only the first time”, the actor and friends in the film bet, if he first fell in loveFor the role played by Anna Karina, give him fifty dollars.After Anna Karina left, he gave his friend fifty dollars without saying a word.By the time “woman is a woman”, it was already the climax of two people’s love.Not only is the character extremely close to her own characteristics, but also made her a fashion icon, which magnified her star temperament.This film also gave Anna Karina the best actress at the Berlin Film Festival, and this moment represents their former love in the eternal palace.Godard once said bluntly that the film “Women are Women” was not used to understand, because it did not convey any message at all, he just “simply hoped that the film can provide pleasure to people.”For Godal at the time, this pleasure should be the pleasure of Anna Karina love.”Woman is a woman” stills.French film historians call the love of two people a kind of restoration of Hollywood tradition.In the early days of Hollywood, it was true that the working mode of the husband and wife of male directors and actresses, such as von Sternberg and Marlene Deli.After Godard and Anna Karina, there are more European filmmakers creating in this combination, the most famous of which is Fellini and Julieta Massina.During the new wave, there were many female stars who became eternal faces on the screen, like Jeanne Moro, Jane Sibo and so on.But none of them, like Anna Karina, influenced the creation of a generation of movie master Godard with her unique star temperament.She truly integrated into this history and became part of the new wave style.This influence is positive and positive, and it has been appreciated and affirmed at the moment of the time. Unlike the works taken by Ingrid Bergman and Rossellini after elopement, they won classic status after a long period of “rehab”.Anna Karina and Godard.Tuyuan Network When we look back at the many faces belonging to the new wave today, we must not lose Anna Karina.We can’t say that she is the greatest actor of the new wave, but at least I can remember that she is the one that Godard’s camera really loves.□ Ear (film critic) editor of Sauna Night Net Wu Longzhen Proofreading Liu Baoqing