Band of Outsiders [Bande à Part]

N.p. N.p., Circa 1964. Vintage borderless double weight oversize reference photograph from the 1964 French film, showing actors Samy Frey and Claude Brasseur in the middle of a gunfight in the street. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso.

Based on Dolores Hitchens' 1958 novel "Fools' Gold." A young woman convinces two men to help her steal a large stash of money from her aunt. An outrageous and comical crime film and a classic of French New Wave cinema, later described by director Jean-Luc Godard as "'Alice in Wonderland' meets Franz Kafka."

Shot on location in Paris.

11.5 x 7.5 inches. Pinholes at the top corners, else about Near Fine.

BFI 549. Criterion Collection 174. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer France.

[Book #168094]