Based on the novel: Fool's gold / by Dolores Hitchens. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964. Special features: Visual glossary (film clips and stills detailing cultural references & wordplay from the film, 31 segments totaling 18 min.); Godard 1964 (interview excerpts with Godard & behind-the-scenes footage from the film, 5 min.); video interview with actress Anna Karina (18 min.); video interview with cinematographer Raoul Coutard (11 min.); short film "Les fiancès du Pont Mac Donald" (featuring the cast of Bande à part, excerpted from Agnes Varda's 1962 film "Cleo from 5 to 7", 3 min.); original theatrical trailer; 2001 U.S. re-release theatrical trailer. Anna Karina, Danièle Girard, Louisa Colpeyn, Chantal Darget, Sami Frey, Claude Brasseur, Georges Staquet, Ernest Menzer.
Summary:
"Two restless young men enlist the object of their desire to help them commit a robbery ... in her own home"--Container. Two bumbling burglars plan a robbery with a young woman they just met. Problems begin immediately when they both fall for the girl and the plan goes haywire. The jewel-heist plot is merely a jumping off point for Godard's fast-paced mix of fantasy and spoof of Hollywood crime films.
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