Oedipa Maas and Godard's Vivre Sa Vie

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On Nov 25, 2013, at 4:08 PM, Fiona Shnapple <fionashnapple at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow! Worth looking into
> 
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Brian Grygotis
> <seacastle.worldofmotion at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey all-
>> 
>> In Jean-Luc Godard's 1962 film Vivre Sa Vie, there is a tableau (#3) in
>> which the protagonist Nana watches The Passion of Joan of Arc and cries as
>> Joan is being prepared for death. As I understand it, Nana is to be seen as
>> a martyr, and her turn to prostitution is to be read as an act of martyrdom.
>> Could it be that TRP used this scene as an inspiration for Oedipa crying at
>> Remedios Varos' “Bordando el Manto Terrestre"? While the occupational
>> contexts are different (prostitute vs. executrix) both instances are
>> concerned with foreshadowing the protagonist's sense of self.
>> 
>> Curious to hear everyone's thoughts regarding this.
>> 
>> B
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