#408: GODARD, Jean-Luc: Breathless (1960)
GODARD, Jean-Luc (France)
By filmmaker Mark Rappaport’s Jean Seberg and critic Jonathan Rosenbaum’s “Breathless” as Criticism.
An eighty-minute documentary about the making of Breathless, with members of the cast and crew.
Charlotte et son Jules
A 1959 short film by Godard featuring Belmondo.
French theatrical trailer
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Breathless [1960]
Spine #408
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
There was before Breathless, and there was after Breathless. Jean-Luc Godard burst onto the film scene in 1960 with this jazzy, free-form, and sexy homage to the American film genres that inspired him as a writer for Cahiers du cinéma. With its lack of polish, surplus of attitude, anything-goes crime narrative, and effervescent young stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, Breathless helped launch the French New Wave and ensured cinema would never be the same.
90 minutes
Black & White
Black & White
Monaural
in French
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2014
Director/Writers
Based on an original treatment by François Truffaut.
Jean-Luc Godard was 30 when he wrote and directed Breathless.
Other Godard films in the Collection:
#238: A Woman Is A Woman (1961)
#512: Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
#171: Contempt (1963)
#1010: Le Petit Soldat (1963)
#174: Band Of Outsiders (1964)
#25: Alphaville (1965)
#421: Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
#308: Masculin Féminin (1966)
#481: Made In U.S.A. (1966)
Other Godard films in the Collection:
#238: A Woman Is A Woman (1961)
#512: Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
#171: Contempt (1963)
#1010: Le Petit Soldat (1963)
#174: Band Of Outsiders (1964)
#25: Alphaville (1965)
#421: Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
#308: Masculin Féminin (1966)
#481: Made In U.S.A. (1966)
#482: 2 Or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967)
#635: Weekend (1967)
#744: Every Man For Himself (1980)
The Film
#635: Weekend (1967)
#744: Every Man For Himself (1980)
The Film
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The Booklet
Eighty-four page booklet featuring essays by Dudley Andrew, Godard, Truffaut’s original treatment, and Godard’s scenario.
Commentary
None.
Archival interviews
With director Godard and actors Belmondo, Seberg, and Melville.
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The ExtrasThe Booklet
Eighty-four page booklet featuring essays by Dudley Andrew, Godard, Truffaut’s original treatment, and Godard’s scenario.
Commentary
None.
Archival interviews
With director Godard and actors Belmondo, Seberg, and Melville.
Interviews
From 2007 with DP Raoul Coutard, assistant director Pierre Rissient, and filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker.
Video essays
By filmmaker Mark Rappaport’s Jean Seberg and critic Jonathan Rosenbaum’s “Breathless” as Criticism.
Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède
An eighty-minute documentary about the making of Breathless, with members of the cast and crew.
Charlotte et son Jules
A 1959 short film by Godard featuring Belmondo.
French theatrical trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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