Review of Breathless (2009) by Adrian B — 24 Mar 2011
In addition to Francois Truffait, Jean Luc Godard released a number of films during the French New Wave in the late 1950's and the early 1960's. One film, "Breathless," is a gem! It is beautiful, stunning, well-acted, quick moving, and absolutely fascinating.
It is about a petty thug (Jean Paul Belmondo) who is begins the film by daydreaming, driving erratically, and ends up being chaised by the cops. One cop catches up with him and Belmondo's character kills him with his gun, becoming a criminal on the loose.
He eventually meets an American (Jean Seberg) who is fluent French and they begin a relationship, without her knowing anything about him, and the same time, the cops are on his trail. The film is visually splendid, accompanied by really cool editing (as like in Truffait's "Jules and Jim") and a great, great score.
The storyline is fun, gimmicky, exciting, and even at times, funny. I also love the combination of French and English dialogue. The French New Wave came out with some great films. Of all the films I have seen to come out France though, "Breathless" is so far the best one!
This review of Breathless (2009) was written by Adrian B on 24 Mar 2011.
Breathless has generally received very positive reviews.
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