Vivre Sa Vie was a very interesting screening choice. Going into it, I was very tired, or at least the movie made me feel tired. I know I sort of nodded off once or twice for a few minutes and I had to shake my friend awake twice too. I think sometimes subtitles do that to you, coupled with the black and white and the long, exhausting shots without breaks. Overall, I liked the aesthetic of the film, especially the cinematography. I was a huge fan of the lead actress, she was radiant on screen, despite my misgivings about other elements of the plot and so forth. I enjoyed listening to the French language and the experimental nature of the use of audio, which was the focus this week to begin with.

Some of the audio aspects that intrigued me the most was the lack of backing track in terms of instrumental sound. I think a majority of the film was relatively silent in that regard (minus of course dialogue and atmospheric sounds). The scene that stuck out for me the most was the dancing scene in which Nana dances around the men to an up-beat instrumental song playing on the radio. I really enjoyed that sequence, I thought it was a very clever use of sound when the rest of the film very deliberately lacked in such a thing. I think because of the quietude of a majority of the film, these particular scenes are emphasized and noticed more by the audience. The scenes with the most unusual amount of sounds are the ones I remembered – firstly the dance sequence, secondly the balloon miming and lastly the gun shooting.