Jean-Luc Godard (France) Part 1: The 60s

Jean-Luc Godard is an influential French filmmaker notably associated with the Nouvelle Vague film movement (“New Wave” in English). Hi films were variously experimental, genre-deconstructing, intellectual, political and funny. He was married to actress Anna Karina, who graced many of his 1960s films with her beauty and charm.

Vivre sa vie (France, 1962) [A.K.A. My Life To Live]
Director: Jean-Luc Godard. Starring: Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, André S. Labarthe...

A couple of scenes where the main characters play pinball. In the first scene, Anna plays a Sea Belles (Gottlieb, 1956)...

In the second scene, Anna’s friends play a Sweet Sioux (Gottlieb, 1959). This was a 4-player game, which normally had wood side rails, but metal ones also existed, as pictured here...

Bande à part (France, 1964) [A.K.A. Band of Outsiders].
Director: Jean-Luc Godard. Stars: Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur, Sami Frey...

Just a brief glimpse of a Sunset (Gottlieb, 1962) as the gang walks into a café…

Pierrot le fou (France, 1965)
Director: Jean-Luc Godard. Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina...

A very brief glimpse of two machines in a bowling alley.
The one on the left is a Sky·Line (Gottlieb, 1965), which was pretty much brand new when the film was shot.

The other we don’t see enough of to identify...

Made In U.S.A. (France, 1966)
Director: Jean-Luc Godard. Starring: Anna Karina, László Szabó, Jean-Pierre Léaud...

Godard’s last feature film with Karina… they had divorced in 1965. I don’t remember much of the plot, but it was a sort of mish-mash film noir with gangsters and politics and deconstructed.

Some of the gang Anna’s with hang out in a garage where there’s a Sea-Shore (Gottlieb, 1964)...

Bonus:
Godard’s 1965 film Alphaville (which also starred Anna Karina) inspired Jerry Kelley for the artwork for Capersville (Bally, 1966)...

Out Of The Blue (USA, 1980)

Out Of The Blue (USA, 1980). Director: Dennis Hopper. Stars: Linda Manz, Dennis Hopper, Sharon Farrell...

Pinballspotting “blue period”. Great film. Linda Manz is unforgettable. There's a scene in a bowling alley where she plays a SuperStar (Williams, 1972). It looks like the other machine is a Time 2000 (Atari, 1977).