Editing Jean-Luc Godard (section)

=== ''Vivre sa vie'' ===
Godard's next film, ''[[My Life to Live|Vivre sa vie]]'' (''My Life to Live'', 1962), was one of his most popular among critics. Karina starred as Nana, an errant mother and aspiring actress whose financially strained circumstances lead her to the life of a [[streetwalker]]. It is an episodic account of her rationalizations to prove she is free, even though she is tethered at the end of her [[pimp]]'s short leash. In one scene, within a café, she spreads her arms out and announces she is free to raise or lower them as she wishes.<ref name="far" />

The film was a popular success and led to [[Columbia Pictures]] giving him a deal where he would be provided with $100,000 to make a movie, with complete artistic control.<ref name="far">{{cite news |title=France's Far Out Filmmaker |first=Eugene |last=Archer |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=27 September 1964 |page=X11}}</ref>