Band Of Outsiders (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts 30.2 extract: Band Of Outsiders (1964)

Cyclical, meandering and painfully boring, Band of Outsiders is as vapid as it is pretentious. Apparently Godard's most commercial and accessible film, this then left me questioning if I'm overwhelming biased against him (I thought I was growing warmer after watching a few of his shorts to be honest) or if everyone else is crazy. 

In essence, Band of Outsiders is a basic crime film with emphasis on romance, but with nothing to offer in the character department. This leaves the plot droning on and on without urgency and atmosphere whilst idiotic characters who lack personality shuffle about the screen. All notions of tragedy, naivety and innocence are then reduced to a farce some may claim is satire but, in reality, is noting but fodder.