Pierrot le Fou was the one that clicked with me. I’d already appreciated Breathless, Contempt, and Bande a Part but I didn’t feel a lot of emotional connection

Pierrot le Fou was the one that clicked with me. I’d already appreciated Breathless, Contempt, and Bande a Part but I didn’t feel a lot of emotional connection to them. Pierrot le Fou delighted me. Can’t say why, but in part perhaps his use of color and in part I’d been reading a lot on the Algerian War at the time, so there was some resonance there. I think it’s also just lighter in spirit, despite some serious themes.