In 1970, Godard and Miéville went to Jordan to shoot footage of Palestinian militants for what was supposed to become a pro-palestinian film for the Palestine Liberation Organization.
“Before being a short film, How Can I Love by Anne-Marie Miéville is cinema – and a personal kind of cinema at that. It goes straight to the essence, without frills, and (something quite rare for a first fiction film) without any self-protection.
Jean-Luc Godard : C'est peut-être la différence entre l'un et l'autre par rapport à l'image. Moi, ce qui me plaît en elle est inaccessible et toi ce serait ce qui te gênerait… Faut-il montrer les choses?
“In Anne-Marie Miéville’s film, little Marie locks herself in her little girl’s mystery – in her books, music, dance – and so refuses to be scarred by what she is going through.
An intimate conversation in the midst of a festive crowd.
“How to enter into the heart of the matter, starting from the first image, the first sound, with only a few clues?
« On a fait un film avec Anne-Marie Mieville sur les établissements Darty, qui s’appelle Le rapport Darty. Il nous avait été commande par Darty. ils nous avaient dit : « On gagne trop d'argent, tout va trop bien, on perd la tête, on ne sait pas ce qui se passe..
“Lou n’a pas dit non is the title of a film by Anne-Marie Miéville. “How’s life?” one of the characters asks. After Rilke, Nietzsche, Plato and Hannah Arendt, the birds can still sing when you are walking in the forest. And there is a lot of walking in Anne-Marie Miéville.
“The following phrase, delivered during a fight on how to wipe your feet when entering somewhere, expresses the stakes of the film: “I feel like Solomon who asked God to provide him with an intelligent heart, because it’s the ultimate gift a man can receive...
“Dear Anne-Marie Miéville,
Your film Après la réconciliation stunned and delighted me.
It has elements of both the whip and the tightrope.
It tells a story without telling a story. Without the usual ingredients of a story, I mean.