Vivre sa vie (1962)
6/10
Saturated with style; dehydrated of substance
3 February 2023
A woman engages in contemplative thoughts and conversations. There you go. That's what it's about.

I was enthralled with the camerawork...shots from the backs of heads, the minimal panning of the camera from right the left and back and forth, the cut-aways, the segmentation of presentation in, for lack of better description, chapters. In short, this film's style is exhilarating.

As far as substance, I was left with an existential feeling of Peggy Lee's hit Is That All There Is? In other words, so what? We all have dreams and aspirations. Most of us never see those come to fruition. And if you're destined for tragedy, you can guess the rest.

So what?
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