2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

Depending on one’s interpretation, the third or fourth of director Jean-Luc Godard’s semi-titled segments, nudity with Helena Bielicic in the tub far from the most shocking element, as Marina Vlady as Juliette brings her child to the suburban brothel, with the director’s whispered narration, in 2 Or 3 Things I Know About Her, 1967.

The famous coffee/cup scene or shots, said to have inspired Martin Scorsese in Taxi Driver, 1976, director Jean-Luc Godard narrates, the coffee drinker not identified, as Juliette (Marina Vlady) and her sister Marianne (Anny Duperey) observe, in 2 Or 3 Things I Know About Her, 1967.

His distinct voice in narration his style even more unmistakable, Jean-Luc Godard’s opening to the provocative feature 2 Or 3 Things I Know About Her, 1967, introducing Marina Vlady (who turned 80 in 2018), both as herself and as the character Juliette.