Pierrot le fou. Jean-Luc Godard, 1965.
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Edition screened: Criterion Blu-ray #421, released 2009. French language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 110 minutes.
Summary: Very brief depiction of a speared fish.
Details: A three-second shot beginning at 45:22 of Anna Karina walking happily along a beach with an orange fish impaled on a trident. There is no depicted struggle, and the whole prop actually could be a 1960s beach toy. This is a great film, and there is minimal upset over this quick scene.
The Criterion release also contains Jean-Pierre Gorin’s 36-minute A Pierrot Primer, a Beat poetry parsing and explication of the first 20 minutes of Pierrot le Fou. The Gorin short is an enjoyable viewing experience that illuminates not just the title film, but the entire idea of fine filmmaking.