If Anna Karina had done nothing more than dance on-screen, she would be one of the lasting treasures of the cinema. Midway through “Band of Outsiders” (1964), Jean-Luc Godard’s exquisite, movie-mad dream of a youthful crime caper, Karina, Claude Brasseur and Sami Frey give themselves over to an impromptu Madison. Claude Brasseur, left, Anna Karina and Sami Frey star in Jean-Luc Godard’s “Band of Outsiders.” (Rialto Pictures)AdvertisementShe didn’t have to dance, of course, to magnetize the camera’s attention. In film after film, Karina held the center of a frame that was always shifting, lending style, beauty and emotional gravity to his restless play with form and ideas. She isn’t the first Anna Karina character you think of, which only makes her all the more extraordinary.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 15, 2019 20:37 UTC