A Bout de Souffle

aka: Breathless
France 1959, 87 minutes, B/W
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
In French with English subtitles
Rating: [M]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Suspense/Crime, Classics / Film Noir

Topics: Landmark, Nouvelle Vague.

Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville

Aroview: Godard's landmark first film pulls out all the stops in the style department - with Jean-Paul Belmondo as the romantic fugitive, jump-cutting his way through a photogenic gay Paris to the dulcet tones of jazz and Mozart.

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3 stars (Good Enough) An insistent jazz score interrupts at times. A strange bed room scene of about 20 mins. where the combatants talk drivel otherwise mainly wonderful street locations.Interesting editing and continuity - watch Belmondo's cigarettes as he chain smokes. ~Tubbs
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3 stars (Good Enough) Am I simply too young to appreciate French new wave? I just can't appreciate despicable characters being rewarded for being terrible, even while they're being punished. I don't care how it's shot. This is the shortest movie that's ever felt too long. ~Pop&Coffee
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4 stars (Very Good) Very cool editing and interesting characters ~emjay