This may be very very French and I may be very very American, but even I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is definitely one of the BEST dance scenes in the entire history of cinema. Period.
to all the people that are saying that tarantino "steals idea's", isn't that the reason why tarantino is such a great director, he takes aspects of films and genres that he loves and montages them together in his own films. its sort of like a montage of many different influences. old kungfu movies, spaghetti westerns, Godard amongst many others! rather than stealing i would call it a homage to what he loves!
Some people even say the greatest dance scene in French Cinema. And not because the dance number is huge and fantastic, which it isn't, but because of what it projects. And all done in one take lasting 4 1/2 mins. A joy to watch every time. VERY cool!
I didn't care much about this movie, but I will admit the "moment of silence" scene pleasantly surprised me and the fact that in this scene, the music stops but you still hear their steps and snaps and the narrator describes how they're feeling, I thought that was a great stylistic choice.
Oh! thanks! I think it just began working.. out of the blue even. I heard sound and assumed it was the dubbed version with a new song. Gotta listen to it now, since I put it on pause. Thank you, MisterSix.
GENIALE GODARD - in questo montaggio alternato (tra musica e voce fuoricampo) c'è narrazione, riflessione, ironia, autoironia, ritmo e grande senso delle potenzialità che ha la macchina-cinema quando a usarla è uno con tale inventiva). Il pezzetto finale, poi, è tutto da ridere!
Three people who obviously don't give a damn, dancing in a shabby french cafe-one of the most thrilling things I've ever seen. Makes me want to go up to every person in the world and just go 'we're all that good,' and afraid that the moment hangs around us, sweetening and resonating, before fading as we forget about it and become bored and disinterested again, isolated as we queue up to buy cigarettes and potatoes. But momentarily, we have the chances to remember. Dance, dance, dance.
Tarantino's style is actually very similar with Godard. They both do a lot of homages. Godard makes literature, music, poetry, painting and movie etc. .homages in his every movie. Tarantino does movie homages in his every movie. Their way to tell a story is reconstructing the usual way of making movies. Their movies have elements from everywhere, and they are thematically unique. A lot of homages, but it's not stealing. It's art.
An interesting thing about this dance sequence is that they obviously shot it without any music and then added the music afterwards. That's why the three actors keep clicking their fingers - so that they don't lose the time. The three actors are Claude Brasseur (he's the one in the terrifying sweater), Anna Karina and Sami Frey, btw.
Look, I'm not crazy but sometimes things just fall into place. Today on Sirius I found the "BandeaPart" channel and have been listening to French music all day. I was at work with no speakers on the Dell but had in the background Pahinui Bros CD. While searching the meaning of BandeaPart I found this dance video. I click the play button and at the 15 sec. mark turn on Track 9 of Pahinui Bros CD. Talk about FUNNY give it a try. At 3:15 a wipe of the brow and Aloha. French connection meets HI
I'm willing to bet that Anna Karena was the subject of many a boys' wet dreams, especially in Band of Outsiders. The only thing sexier than a woman in a fedora is Anna Karena in a fedora.
Arrgh I volunteered to do this dance in my film studies class and perform it infront of my entire student centr at college, all in the name of new wave xxx
Maybe you should watch the video again, but the actors aren't exactly in sync to the music. They are perfectly in sync to each other, which you would expect if they had danced to just their own clicking fingers as cues. But with regard to the music, sometimes they are in perfect sync and sometimes they are way off. I take this to be coincidence. I think the actors worked out the sequence, danced it, and then they overdubbed music in post production to come in at more or less the right moment.
Of course it makes more sense at this speed than the "new" version, which slows it down to match the Nouvelle Vague song called "Dance With Me." This has no sound for me, darn it, since I'd love to hear how it goes together. I have to say I prefer the slowed version with the new song, sorry. She is utterly charming, lovely and I want to be her (Anna Karina). Such delightful personal style!
This is as classic a scene as ever there was. It's been referenced in everything from Tarantino to Rocky Horror. As for the choreography, it's a really repetitive Madison, I believe.
All the more impressive because I believe they shot the scene first and then put music to it later. Incidentally, I don't blame Tarantino for nicking the idea of a dance scene because it's not like this is the only dance scene in a movie before Pulp Fiction.
Do you mean the original score from the movie or the one that was dubbed over this (plus the video was slowed down to match the song)? This song is "Dance with Me" by Nouvelle Vague.
when I watch this clip, I say to myself, why not people that come to France nowadays learn from the beautiful french culture, and be open-minded to new ideas. This is 21 st Century and its OK to accept new ideas instead of living in the past !!!
In response to Monsieurkickyourderrier: Tarantino actually screened this scene for the actors, so that they would understand the natural effect he was after: uninhibited joy, without worrying too much about being a technically good mover. Also, the scene in Pulp Fiction, where Bruce Willis is being interviewed by Ving Rhames in the bar, and is shot from the back of Rhames' head, is taken from the opening sequence in Godard's Vivre Sa Vie, which is also shot from behind the protagonist's heads.
@TheLoneShooter Yes coz when you see the original it's great and shouldn't be re-done, the only good thing about the diesel ad is that it brought me to this upload which is fantastic so there has been some good in the commercial..but I haven't rushed out to buy diesel hahahah
Don't understand the question, sorry. All I meant was that by clicking their fingers in roughly the right tempo, the actors were able to keep in more or less the right rhythm so that the music would seem right when they overdubbed it later. Also, as Renchiping points out, the clicking makes the dancing look cuter.
Hmm... I suspect a mixture of dances - or one made specially for this 1964 film. I suspect, because of the layout of the 'dance area' the latter is more of a possibility. 4 Wall dances in 1964 were non existent. There are a number of 'tube vids of The Madison.
Otra memorable escena de baile. Es curioso el recurso de silenciar la música, aunque no el ritmo y los pasos de los bailarines, para dejar paso a la voz del narrador sabedor de los penamientos de los personajes en ese preciso momento. Otra cosa curiosa es que el personaje interpretado por Anna Karina haya sucumbido a la seducción del chico feo con jersey a rombos.
I misunderstood, sorry.. I did not get sound on this yesterday so I assumed (when I heard the opening sound where they sit at a table) that it was the new dubbed version. My mistake. This one is faster, nice emphasis on the tapping feet/shoes and claps. But gotta admit I like the "Dance With Me" overdub + speed change (slower) more.
DINO BRAVO if youre referring to the band I think so... they have Anna Karina on one of their covers (I asked the FB account and they said yeah lol or I was being bullshitted)
I enjoyed that- saw the film many many years ago. The sad thing is, that an identical scene from an English language movie would receive utter approbrium from all respondents. But if it's French, well....
My g/f and I both love this film. I gotta find a friend who knows it too so we can do this dance together. Anyone know what song is used for this scene?
I am not a gambling man, but I will bet you money that they overdubbed the music. It is actually far easier to overdub it than to have some guy on the set with a tape machine - for one thing, the tape machine has to be individually hooked up to the audio track, and then you have to trust that the tape player will work when he presses the button, and the music will start at exactly the right instant...and all that has to be done live to camera. Much easier to overdub it afterwards.
@ec247006 : I think it was sarcastic : considering the latest movies Godard did, he clearly doesn't care about making money. Anyway, I think he kind of snapped at Tarantino because when they were both in Cannes for the festival, Tarantino made a ridiculous homage to Godard on French TV (kissing French cinema's ass and everything), and Godard doesn't care for phony praise like that.
How can 16 people dislike this? It's pure unbridled joy. Dance like there's nobody watching, it's good for the soul.
This may be very very French and I may be very very American, but even I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is definitely one of the BEST dance scenes in the entire history of cinema. Period.
to all the people that are saying that tarantino "steals idea's", isn't that the reason why tarantino is such a great director, he takes aspects of films and genres that he loves and montages them together in his own films. its sort of like a montage of many different influences. old kungfu movies, spaghetti westerns, Godard amongst many others! rather than stealing i would call it a homage to what he loves!
Q.T. sucks balls unless you just don't know any better. His scene in 4 rooms is genius everything else is just recycled ideas.
60's cool and pure magic. Lifts me up every time I watch it. Good film too.
Some people even say the greatest dance scene in French Cinema. And not because the dance number is huge and fantastic, which it isn't, but because of what it projects. And all done in one take lasting 4 1/2 mins. A joy to watch every time. VERY cool!
Farewell Anna Karina.
R.I.P.
~14/12/2019~
So they recorded the entire scene without music. Nice! Beautiful scene. Gorgeous film.
A great cinema moment. One of my favorites.
So great to see this again. And Anna Karina! You can't see her well in this clip but she is for all time.
It´s a magic godard´s scene. The music, the dance, the character and ,of course, the speaker in off. Unforgettable.
I remember studying this scene and movie in college. Great scene.
Scream358 so what did you learn about it
@@jonkimberson3253 He learned to do the cha-cha.
I didn't care much about this movie, but I will admit the "moment of silence" scene pleasantly surprised me and the fact that in this scene, the music stops but you still hear their steps and snaps and the narrator describes how they're feeling, I thought that was a great stylistic choice.
I ADORE IT! Amazing film, I can just watch it over and over again!
"The only thing sexier than a woman in a fedora is Anna Karena in a fedora." sic MrDukemeister
Sami Frey is the best French actor EVER : a voice of gold, eyes that hypnotize you ... WOW
juisthebest the best French actor is Alain Delon, but it’s ok
I can only but agree with you. The coolest scene of 1960's french cinema.
Such an incredible scene!
toooooo coooool! i can watch this all day!
Oh! thanks! I think it just began working.. out of the blue even. I heard sound and assumed it was the dubbed version with a new song. Gotta listen to it now, since I put it on pause. Thank you, MisterSix.
GENIALE GODARD - in questo montaggio alternato (tra musica e voce fuoricampo) c'è narrazione, riflessione, ironia, autoironia, ritmo e grande senso delle potenzialità che ha la macchina-cinema quando a usarla è uno con tale inventiva). Il pezzetto finale, poi, è tutto da ridere!
Three people who obviously don't give a damn, dancing in a shabby french cafe-one of the most thrilling things I've ever seen. Makes me want to go up to every person in the world and just go 'we're all that good,' and afraid that the moment hangs around us, sweetening and resonating, before fading as we forget about it and become bored and disinterested again, isolated as we queue up to buy cigarettes and potatoes. But momentarily, we have the chances to remember. Dance, dance, dance.
The epitome of the 'cool'. Probably my favorite Godard (or at least in the top 3).
Tarantino's style is actually very similar with Godard. They both do a lot of homages. Godard makes literature, music, poetry, painting and movie etc. .homages in his every movie. Tarantino does movie homages in his every movie. Their way to tell a story is reconstructing the usual way of making movies. Their movies have elements from everywhere, and they are thematically unique. A lot of homages, but it's not stealing. It's art.
The music is R&B or soul music composed for the film by Michel Legrand, but Anna Karina said the actors called it "the Madison dance."[from wikipedia]
My favorit scene of all time.
An interesting thing about this dance sequence is that they obviously shot it without any music and then added the music afterwards. That's why the three actors keep clicking their fingers - so that they don't lose the time.
The three actors are Claude Brasseur (he's the one in the terrifying sweater), Anna Karina and Sami Frey, btw.
What a great scene. I have to see this film
tarantino said he based tghe pulp fiction's dance in this movie. he also named "band a part" his company.
love it!
So beautiful.
The epitome of 60's "cool...." Thus teaching us that "cool" is eternal.
i feel this exact way watching most of Godard's films.
R.I.P., Jean-Luc Godard, grand maître du cinéma!
Wow! And this is almost 50 years ago. We are so lucky that cinema is around. Check out the "nouvelle Vague - Dance with me", too. It really works!
Look, I'm not crazy but sometimes things just fall into place. Today on Sirius I found the "BandeaPart" channel and have been listening to French music all day. I was at work with no speakers on the Dell but had in the background Pahinui Bros CD. While searching the meaning of BandeaPart I found this dance video. I click the play button and at the 15 sec. mark turn on Track 9 of Pahinui Bros CD. Talk about FUNNY give it a try. At 3:15 a wipe of the brow and Aloha. French connection meets HI
odile. :D
this dance is soo nice.
I really liked it.
bacio
Gotta love that jazz organ...
brilliant - fab sounds too
We did this dance at the school formal lol, quite hard.
I'm willing to bet that Anna Karena was the subject of many a boys' wet dreams, especially in Band of Outsiders. The only thing sexier than a woman in a fedora is Anna Karena in a fedora.
She was even more sexy in Vivre Sa Vie.
Yep, she's a real babe.
Arrgh I volunteered to do this dance in my film studies class and perform it infront of my entire student centr at college, all in the name of new wave
xxx
this scene cracks me up.
godard was really experimental
Magnifique! I love it. Is breá liom é!
This scene i pure magic
Maybe you should watch the video again, but the actors aren't exactly in sync to the music. They are perfectly in sync to each other, which you would expect if they had danced to just their own clicking fingers as cues. But with regard to the music, sometimes they are in perfect sync and sometimes they are way off. I take this to be coincidence.
I think the actors worked out the sequence, danced it, and then they overdubbed music in post production to come in at more or less the right moment.
Now WHY can't this song be available for purchase? Almost half a century old and no ones doin' anything about it!
a scene or two???????????? the whole movie is pure brilliance
Hard to grasp just how cool this scene is
Of course it makes more sense at this speed than the "new" version, which slows it down to match the Nouvelle Vague song called "Dance With Me." This has no sound for me, darn it, since I'd love to hear how it goes together. I have to say I prefer the slowed version with the new song, sorry. She is utterly charming, lovely and I want to be her (Anna Karina). Such delightful personal style!
LOVES IT!
This is as classic a scene as ever there was. It's been referenced in everything from Tarantino to Rocky Horror. As for the choreography, it's a really repetitive Madison, I believe.
I adore Goddard!:)
All the more impressive because I believe they shot the scene first and then put music to it later. Incidentally, I don't blame Tarantino for nicking the idea of a dance scene because it's not like this is the only dance scene in a movie before Pulp Fiction.
Love me some Jean Luc Godard
Been asking the same question for a long time. I even tried to use Track ID to find it.
THIS IS SO C FOR COOOOOOOL!!!!!!!
Do you mean the original score from the movie or the one that was dubbed over this (plus the video was slowed down to match the song)? This song is "Dance with Me" by Nouvelle Vague.
when I watch this clip, I say to myself, why not people that come to France nowadays learn from the beautiful french culture, and be open-minded to new ideas. This is 21 st Century and its OK to accept new ideas instead of living in the past !!!
such a great movie :D
In response to Monsieurkickyourderrier: Tarantino actually screened this scene for the actors, so that they would understand the natural effect he was after: uninhibited joy, without worrying too much about being a technically good mover. Also, the scene in Pulp Fiction, where Bruce Willis is being interviewed by Ving Rhames in the bar, and is shot from the back of Rhames' head, is taken from the opening sequence in Godard's Vivre Sa Vie, which is also shot from behind the protagonist's heads.
I recently saw Bande à part, a milestone... here I cannot hear the audio, all the option are on.
spettacolo!!
nouvelle vague is also the name of the french film movement of the fifties and sixties pioneered by goddard
extracto de la película "Bande à part" (1964) Jean-Luc Godard
loved it : )
that was awesome OoO
great scene! always makes me laugh!
That was the coolest thing i have ever seen!
@TheLoneShooter Yes coz when you see the original it's great and shouldn't be re-done, the only good thing about the diesel ad is that it brought me to this upload which is fantastic so there has been some good in the commercial..but I haven't rushed out to buy diesel hahahah
Cool!
Genius!
Don't understand the question, sorry. All I meant was that by clicking their fingers in roughly the right tempo, the actors were able to keep in more or less the right rhythm so that the music would seem right when they overdubbed it later. Also, as Renchiping points out, the clicking makes the dancing look cuter.
This movie was a work of art. Frey has not changed one bit. Any idea what the tune playing might be called?
I only found this video through watching the Diesel ad.... lol!
Hmm... I suspect a mixture of dances - or one made specially for this 1964 film. I suspect, because of the layout of the 'dance area' the latter is more of a possibility. 4 Wall dances in 1964 were non existent. There are a number of 'tube vids of The Madison.
Otra memorable escena de baile. Es curioso el recurso de silenciar la música, aunque no el ritmo y los pasos de los bailarines, para dejar paso a la voz del narrador sabedor de los penamientos de los personajes en ese preciso momento.
Otra cosa curiosa es que el personaje interpretado por Anna Karina haya sucumbido a la seducción del chico feo con jersey a rombos.
I misunderstood, sorry.. I did not get sound on this yesterday so I assumed (when I heard the opening sound where they sit at a table) that it was the new dubbed version. My mistake. This one is faster, nice emphasis on the tapping feet/shoes and claps. But gotta admit I like the "Dance With Me" overdub + speed change (slower) more.
I can't wait to rent. So this is where Nouvelle Vague got the idea.
DINO BRAVO if youre referring to the band I think so... they have Anna Karina on one of their covers (I asked the FB account and they said yeah lol or I was being bullshitted)
I enjoyed that- saw the film many many years ago.
The sad thing is, that an identical scene from an English language movie would receive utter approbrium from all respondents. But if it's French, well....
2020 abril en confinamiento...
Haha nice sweater lol! It doesn't get any more white than this.
My g/f and I both love this film. I gotta find a friend who knows it too so we can do this dance together. Anyone know what song is used for this scene?
I am not a gambling man, but I will bet you money that they overdubbed the music. It is actually far easier to overdub it than to have some guy on the set with a tape machine - for one thing, the tape machine has to be individually hooked up to the audio track, and then you have to trust that the tape player will work when he presses the button, and the music will start at exactly the right instant...and all that has to be done live to camera. Much easier to overdub it afterwards.
@s0olid Tarantino also shows his homage, through his production company named A band Apart
@forest8998 it is called 'the madison' as far as I am aware.
Does anyone know this song ?
classic. And that is all I can say
j' adore Goddard!:)
This is fucking insane!
This is where the "Time Warp" dance from The Rockey Horror Picture Show came from.
Is anyone gonna mention the dance scene from pulp fiction
It came mostly from 8 1/2
Yup. Q.T. and Kubrick ripped this off and Fellini as well.
Joe Young where did Kubrick use it?
why is this scene so good its just sum people dancing?
yes
To back up what Mr. Blonde says, there's a saying in Hollywood that "everything's been done". I've even had professional screen writers tell me that.
Is Frey the one in the suit? If so, he's so captivating to watch. A beautiful dancer.
meanwhile, arthur was telling odile he once met someone who walked like this...
@ec247006 : I think it was sarcastic : considering the latest movies Godard did, he clearly doesn't care about making money. Anyway, I think he kind of snapped at Tarantino because when they were both in Cannes for the festival, Tarantino made a ridiculous homage to Godard on French TV (kissing French cinema's ass and everything), and Godard doesn't care for phony praise like that.
Good choice.
quelqu'un sait-il où je peux trouver la chanson o le nom ? somebody knows where I can find out this song or the name?
Cooooooooooooooool
It was composed by Michel LeGrande