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	Breathless
		Throughout BREATHLESS Godard incorporates dozens of such classic moments from other films, but he rarely imitates them in a precise point-for-point fashion, nor is he spoofing them (except in his depiction of the two detectives).
		BREATHLESS is one of the most briskly paced movies ever made, but it is also one of the most slowly paced movies ever made.
		BREATHLESS is a celebration of pop culture, but it is also a celebration of high culture.
	www.jeremysilman.com /movies_tv_va/breathless.html (1820 words)

	Breathless
		Seberg, a troubled expatriate waif who would die by her own hands at the age of 40, brings a fragile wordliness to her role, and the lean handsome Belmondo speaks his dialogue in a quick flat voice that conveys Michel's detachment, and which became a la mode in French cinema.
		So despite its energy and youth, Breathless is a dispirited film about a world where happy endings only happen in movies, and where betrayal brings tragedy on a sunny afternoon as busy Paris goes on barely even noti cing.
		But Breathless has always been propelled as much by its brooding psychological ene rgy, and also by its thrilling, generous, fl-and-white travelogue of Paris as Michel wanders around the city to his destiny.
	www.pitt.edu /~kloman/breathless.html (707 words)

	Breathless (A Bout De Souffle) (1960) \| Reviews \| Guardian Unlimited Film
		Godard and Truffaut combined their angst and A Bout de Souffle was born.
		Knowing that A Bout De Souffle was ahead of its time made the film difficult to watch without some sort of expectations.
		A bout de Souffle captures perfectly the post-war zeitgeist in France, indeed much of Western Europe: Not only did Godard take from the past (style and plot from US cop films) but he also looked to the future (Belmondo's desire to escape his present situation).
	film.guardian.co.uk /Reader_Review/0,4163,-78126,00.html (895 words)

	Godard: Breathless
		Finally, Breathless clearly demonstrates an existential outlook on man’s condition after the death of God and the advent of nihilism, as described by Friedrich Nietzsche.
		Although "normal" is not the first word that comes to mind viewing Breathless, and it is now categorized as a French New Wave film, the story line is directly and intensely influenced by American films: Michel, the antihero, is an amoral character and his death at the end of the film is inevitable.
		Breathless is an attempt to show life as it is when one has repudiated a false morality and succeeded in living cheerfully without ultimate reason.
	www.ruspoli.com /film/essays/breathless.html (1894 words)

	breathless.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The first feature film directed by Jean-Luc Godard and one of the seminal films of the French New Wave, Breathless is story of the love between Michel Poiccard, a small-time hood wanted for killing a cop, and Patricia Franchini, an American who sells the International Herald Tribune along the boulevards of Paris.
		Breathless uses the famous techniques of the French New Wave: location shooting, improvised dialogue, and a loose narrative form.
		When Breathless was first released, audiences and critics responded to the burst of energy it gave the French cinema; it won numerous international awards and became an unexpected box-office sensation.
	homepage.mac.com /vanvdo/b/breathless.htm (199 words)

	Neil Young's Film Lounge
		Before Breathless, most pictures were just filmed scripts — Godard wanted instead to make his film represent his view of the world: jagged, fresh, unorthodox, unpredictable.
		Breathless is, if nothing else, a celebration of cinema itself — its history as well as its potential future.
		Ultimately what’s great about Breathless is the fact that it works just as well for the audience in search of a sexy, romantic thriller as it does for those in search of cinematic innovation and philosophical enquiry.
	www.jigsawlounge.co.uk /film/breathless.html (880 words)

	The Magic of the Movies--Breathless (À bout de souffle)
		The title of this film, À bout de souffle, is translated from the French as Breathless, but it seems to translate better as "Out of Breath" or "An End of Breath." These have very different connotations from just Breathless, which conjures TV thrillers or cheap romance novels.
		There are not as many jump cuts as in À bout de souffle, but then some of the experiments of the New Wave had to fail after their initial novelty wore off.
		What this reveals about À bout de souffle is that its lessons have not quite been digested by the movie world when Tarantino can make such a big splash by putting his own spin on them and presenting them again as innovative.
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	Reviews - Breathless
		The 'Breathless' we are dealing with here is not the appalling 1983 crime against humanity with Richard Gere, but possibly one of the most influential movies ever made.
		Giving the film it's proper French title, 'A Bout De Souffle', this 1959 classic was Jean Luc Godard's first feature and launched Godard and the French New Wave ('La Nouvelle Vague') into a wonderful era of creativity, discovery and critical acclaim.
		As Godard's homage to American gangster movies, 'Breathless' is cooler than cool, visually upbeat and fast moving, sometimes disorientating with it's shakey hand-held camera tracking, sweeping, panning shots and it's frantic incision into the hustle and bustle of Paris street life.
	www.unreel.co.uk /reviews/b/Breathless/index.cfm (292 words)

	YouTube - Jean-Luc Godard / Ã€ bout de souffle(Breathless) / Trailer
		Jean-Luc Godard / Ã€ bout de souffle(Breathless) / Trailer
		Trailer of Jean-Luc Godard's "Ã€ bout Trailer of Jean-Luc Godard's "Ã€ bout de souffle(Breathless)".Written by Jean-Luc Godard and FranÃ§ois Truffaut.Featuring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg.
		A bout de Souffle (Breathless) - Jean Luc Godard
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=b93xK8d3ISo (154 words)

	the godard experience
		This film gave Belmondo his first big role and Jean Seberg is exquisite under Godard's direction.
		A Bout de Souffle, shot with bits and scraps of film on a very low budget, was the first official manifestation of the nouvelle vague, a style of cinema that emerged in France, in the period and was heavily inspired by what was being done in America.
		Godard threw away the rigidity of French conventions by using hand-held camera techniques and natural settings, giving his film a fluidity and a spontaneity in keeping with the life and character of his protagonist.
	www.carleton.edu /curricular/MEDA/classes/media110/Friesema/breathless.html (309 words)

	Chris' Breathless Page
		In Breathless, the image is continually replaced, and the viewer is jolted out of the story and into confusion.
		Godard uses intertexts in Breathless to weave both pop culture and high art references into the stream of contemplation.
		The camera work in Breathless is astoundingly shaky; it looks as if much of the movie is shot using a handheld camera.
	www.student.carleton.edu /~parsonsc (765 words)

	A Bout de Souffle (aka Breathless)
		It is difficult to define the appeal of A Bout de Souffle.
		It is no wonder that Godard is often accused of misogyny, and that his contribution to François Truffaut's scenario was largely centred on this character.
		Its original title, loosely translated as Breathless for international release, may also be read as 'out of breath', which has much less romantic connotations, and more accurately captures the sense of exhaustion that must eventually overwhelm its characters and its world.
	homepage.eircom.net /~obrienh/abds.htm (589 words)

	Amazon.com: Breathless: DVD: Richard Balducci,Jean-Paul Belmondo,Daniel Boulanger,Philippe de Broca,Van Doude,Michel ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		However, Breathless is still a good film and a must for any serious student of cinema.
		Now, I am far from an expert when it comes to French film, but I understood that Breathless was the film that set off the French New Wave of cinema and that it and Godard also had a major impact on Japanese New Wave directors such as Oshima Nagisa and Imamura Shohei.
		Breathless tells the story of Michel Poiccard, a young car thief who lives day by day engaging in petty crimes and trying to sleep with as many women as possible.
	www.amazon.com /Breathless-Richard-Balducci/dp/B00005NC66 (2073 words)

	Combustible Celluloid film review - Breathless (1959), Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, dvd review
		But they did not follow the normal format of film criticism, which was to praise anything that was based on classic literature, contained a political message, or was more than three hours long.
		Breathless is a kind of essay about the low-budget B-film (it's dedicated to Monogram Pictures, which cranked out cheap Charlie Chan and Bela Lugosi pictures).
		Breathless also introduced a new style to filmmaking, a preoccupation with the form itself.
	www.combustiblecelluloid.com /breathless.shtml (725 words)

	"Breathless / À Bout De Souffle" Film Review: Cinephilia - Australian Film & more
		Breathless / À Bout De Souffle (Jean-Luc Godard, 1959, France)
		Godard's and Belmondo's first film, scripted by Truffaut, was an international success and became the flag-bearer of the Nouvelle Vague.
		The film was inspired by Joseph H Lewis's (also) classic B movie, Gun Crazy (1950) and was re-made with less than stellar results in 1983 with Jim McBride directing and Richard Gere in the lead.
	www.cinephilia.net.au /show_movie.php?movieid=183 (101 words)

	dOc DVD Review: Breathless (À bout de souffle) (1960) - Printable
		Breathless (À bout de souffle), Godard's debut feature, became a landmark of the nouvelle vague, or French New Wave cinema, a movement that included François Truffaut (who supplied the treatment for this film), Claude Chabrol and Eric Rohmer.
		Although their influence is de rigueur today—from the pulse editing of music videos to Woody Allen's rambling dialogue shots on the streets of Manhattan—their brash irreverence for formulaic technique was stunning in its time.
		This is art for art's sake, like standing in front of a Pollock or a Rothko, imagining if we do so long enough, something will happen; some inkling of comprehension will come to us.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showrevpdf.php3?ID=2794 (1182 words)

	BBC - Films - review - Breathless (A Bout de Souffle)
		Among them were Claude Chabrol, Eric Rohmer, Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, all of whom became trail-blazing film-makers.
		In "A Bout de Souffle" Godard paid homage to the pace and energy of American gangster B-movies of the 1940s.
		He took his plotline from a news item supplied by Truffaut, in which a cop-killer was harboured by his girlfriend, and casually betrayed for the reward money.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2000/07/06/breathless_review.shtml (373 words)

	MovieMartyr.com - Breathless
		We also see an amusing scene in which a character that rejects a copy of Cahiers De Cinema (the journal that basically launched the New Wave) is scorned for not liking “new ideas”.
		Despite this indebtedness, which does a great job of establishing the film as an examination of a prevailing attitude of its time, as opposed to a simple character study (in retrospect, it almost feels like a Parisian version of Woody Allen’s Manhattan), the film is distinctly and uniquely Godard’s.
		The trick of Breathless is that Michel is quite aware of the films that have shaped his tough guy posturing; so much of the self-awareness Godard imposes feels organic.
	www.moviemartyr.com /1960/breathless.htm (760 words)

	À bout de souffle (1960) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		There are parts where it becomes difficult to sit through as the conversation becomes longish or pointless but if you've watched a few films by Goddard you get used to getting bored in parts.
		'Breathless' is also one of the initial 'New Wave' films which started the whole MTV style i.e.
		'Breathless' is an invention and will remain in the history of cinema as a path breaking invention.
	www.imdb.com /Title?0053472 (428 words)

	Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) \| Reviews \| Guardian Unlimited Film
		This time last year, The Third Man was the plucky little classic chosen to run against Phantom Menace; now Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) is the what-have-we-got-to-lose contender against M:i-2.
		Revisiting this sublime essay in urban romance is to experience a skateboard-rush of fun.
		Breathless riffs gloriously on literature, life, Paris, love, music, the police, sex and, naturally, the movies.
	film.guardian.co.uk /News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,,340523,00.html (138 words)

	A Bout de Souffle Filming Locations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Back on the Champs, it’s Patricia’s turn to be tailed, through crowds watching a (real) visit of General de Gaulle and President Eisenhower to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe.
		James McBride's's underrated 1983 remake of Breathless, with Richard Gere, is set in Los Angeles.
		Jim McBride's 1983 remake of Breathless relocates the action to Los Angeles.
	www.movie-locations.com /movies/a/aboutdesouffle2.html (494 words)

	Jean-Luc Godard: A Short Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Libraries
		His 1960 film A bout de souffle was a portrait of a moment in time, giving a recognizable picture of the dreams and illusions of two young people.
		A bout de souffle: Jean-Luc Godard / etude critique de Michel Marie.
		Jean-Luc Godard's film "Breathless" is being rereleased in the US to mark its 40th anniversary, and its style was at first significantly controversial.
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /MRC/godardbib.html (12503 words)

	Breathless - Moviefone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Synopsis: A botched attempt to remake Jean-Luc Godard's classic nouvelle vague entry, Á Bout de souffle, Breathless follows Jesse (Richard Gere), a fugitive...
		Breathless Movie -The 80s Rewind « Breathless -The 1983 rom-com movie featuring Richard Gere and Paul Tepper at the award winning 80s Movies Rewind.
		Breathless - Cast & Crew, movie showtimes, plot, synopsis, exclusive features, trailers, clips, theater listings, reviews, message boards, dvd, videos, rentals and more on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /movie/breathless/4465/main (147 words)

	A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Godard was running through Paris of 1959 with Michel, where Algery was challenging against the great revolutionism of France with some basic questions, where existentialism was yielding to Structuralism, and where the De Gaul Government was being perverted into conservative reactionarism.
		There, cinema questions by itself about what the current air stream of the new generation and the spirit of the era are.
		A New Historical Analysis of A Bout de Souffle
	user.chollian.net /~ml2000/e_mp_bre.htm (507 words)

	Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema: Sketches on Godard
		BREATHLESS possesses a vitality, a thrum of modernity, that I don't get from most of today's films.
		It's quickened pace is essential, but my favorite part of the film is the approximately 20-minute sequence with Michel and Patricia (Jean Seberg) goofing around doing nothing in her apartment.
		BREATHLESS is so loose that I wouldn't put it past him to use the title as a wicked little joke.
	reeltimes.blogspot.com /2004/01/sketches-on-godard.html (620 words)

	A bout de souffle (Breathless) \| Screen \| The Observer
		Most were forgotten and of those who stayed the course, it was Godard, rather than Chabrol, Malle, Truffaut, Rivette or Rohmer, who was most immediately influential, though not necessarily as popular or as loved.
		Breathless was based on an idea by Truffaut, had Chabrol as supervising producer, one of the Nouvelle Vague's two great cinematographers, Raoul Coutard, contriving its monochrome images.
		The film begins in Marseilles where its antihero, Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a narcissistic, misogynistic criminal, steals the first of several cars and kills a traffic cop on his way to Paris.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /screen/story/0,,1945721,00.html (311 words)

	A bout de souffle
		Now, forty years after its arrival, A bout de souffle still astonishes; as in the case of Potemkin, its formal and technical excitement doesn`t wane.
		Godard`s A bout de souffle opens with Michel, a young hoodlum, standing on a street in Marseilles.
		A bout de souffle is the one performance of hers that has since absorbed her own tragic finish, in no small part because reality, an ironist on this occasion, has seen fit to reverse her and Belmondo`s fates in the film.
	www.fortunecity.co.uk /cinerama/chick/268/essays/DG_A_bout_de_souffle.html (2595 words)

	EUFS: A Bout De Souffle
		The degree to which this film has influenced the look and feel of independent and art cinema is almost impossible to discern.
		The glorification of life as an end to itself is epitomised by slogans we see on wall such as: "To Live Dangerously Till the End".
		The influence of the American gangster movies is evident in A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) and the fact that Godard dedicated the film to B-movie studio Monogram Pictures, comes as no surprise.
	www.eufs.org.uk /films/a_bout_de_souffle.html (759 words)

	Breathless
		Montage is film narrative, not just an occasional device to compress information or dramatize a deranged sensibility -- this has to be Godard's thinking when he shot Breathless.
		You think, well maybe he had a lot of dead footage, dull transitions that he just edited out and got lucky with the result.
		Is Breathless just a piece of childish mimicry hoping to evoke a new spirit of Film Noir?
	www.culturecourt.com /F/NewWave/Breathless.htm (872 words)

	Homage: A Bout de Souffle aka Breathless 1960 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		Homage: A Bout de Souffle aka Breathless 1960
		Oooh a cance to vent about A Bout de Souffle.
		Here's a better A Bout de Souffle homage that I didn't take, and Dani who took it (I'm wearing her dress in the pic) can't possibly have known that she'd one day be paying homage to Goddard.
	www.flickr.com /photos/m-j2040/106461589 (302 words)

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