The famous scene in which Nana tears up while watching Carl Theodor Dreyer's silent-film classic The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), seemingly seeing something of her own struggles in that film's martyred heroine, is unforgettable.Īlan J Pakula's crime thriller Klute (1971) is less about the eponymous detective (Donald Sutherland) investigating the disappearance of an executive than it is about the New York City call girl Bree Daniels (an extraordinary Jane Fonda, winner of the best actress Academy Award for her efforts) who gets caught up in the case. Godard emphasises the emotional toll of the story by shooting the action for maximum alienation: the way he introduces Nana, via a series of extreme close-ups, the music swelling and dropping out at unpredictable moments, sets the tone for what follows. (In The Girlfriend Experience series, Christine's friend/colleague Avery, played by Kate Lyn Sheil, wears a similar 'do). Her hair is done up in the same iconic bob as Lulu.
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Subtitled A Film in Twelve Tableaux, the movie presents a series of vignettes from the life of acting hopeful-turned-tragic harlot Nana (Anna Karina). The influence of Pandora's Box is more than evident in the great French director Jean-Luc Godard's 1962 masterpiece Vivre sa vie (My Life to Live), though its overall approach is distinctly disaffected.