Pierrot Le Fou

Coming at a transitional phase in his filmmaking, this is one of the most audacious films from Jean-Luc Godard. To the extent that there is a plot, it concerns Jean Paul Belmondo and the lovely Anna Karina on the run from some gangsters (because she apparently killed a man). Their relationship jumps back and forth from one thing to another. In some ways, their scenes together reminded me of the Bergman film, Summer With Monkia, but they are both very different films. Spontaneous, funny, political jabs, unexplained behavior, movies, it has everything that makes a Godard film so enjoyable to watch. He shows why perhaps no director in the history of the medium has understood and utilized it so well. There's a priceless scene at a gas station.