Breathless
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Movie Reviews of Breathless
Movie Review: Still There
Summary: 5 Stars
Why is the first movie by Godard different from so much independent cinema nowadays? After all, Godard always is trying to impress us with cinematic tricks and arbitrary changes of mood and pace. But there is an important difference. When you listen to his characters talk, they are speaking reality. When he films Paris even before the fifties were over, you get the exact feeling of the town without sweeping shots of the skyline. And when he does some expected thing, he does tongue-in-cheek, playing with the conventions, subverting them and making you laugh about them. So you have innovative cinema, instant icons, cult scenes, and a lot of talk about love, sex, high-culture, jazz music, post-modernism before it was even imagined, and one of the more beautiful imagined cities in the world. And after this Godard would become even more radical, changing the way we can understand cinema, challenging the status of the art that he wants to elevate (but he knows how?). I cannot emphasize how revolutionary all the thing feels. And it is forty-seven years old?! Like other Godards, it makes you think that we, as Westerners, haven't got too far from what he saw so many years ago.Movie Review: Love It!
Summary: 5 Stars
I first watched "Breathless" in a film class my Senior year in college and I was amazed by it. Although this film was made many years ago, I was blown away by the production techniques used. Some people in my film class thought the movie was stupid and made no sense, while others (including myself) found the beauty in it's ability not to stick to the norm and be compelling in a subtle way. In a time when continuity is extremely important in film, it was refreshing to see jump cuts that were made on purpose (or rather necessity since Godard had to cut the film down considerably from his original cut). Jean-Luc Godard is a true genius!This film revolves around the character of Michel, a common hood, who gets mixed up in the murder of a police officer while trying to win over the heart of the woman he loves. The plot to the story is simple, but the outcome is exciting.
"Breathless" is definitely not for everyone. It makes you think about hidden messages, symbolism, etc. However, it is very enjoyable and entertaining. I would highly suggest this film. I think everyone should be exposed to a Jean-Luc Godard film at least once in his or her life! This is an excellent movie!
Movie Review: Amazon, Add a Sixth Star!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is hands-down one of the best movies ever made. Just the opening seconds of Jean-Paul Belmondo smoking announces a whole new attitude towards youth and life that hits with the freshness of the Beatles. "Breathless" creates a world of love and motion and danger and art that's single-handedly responsible for at least half the clichés you have in your head this second about Paris. Truffaut's script is excellent, nearly every shot is original and revelatory, but what I loved most about the movie was the apparently random, documentary feel Godard gave to so many of the scenes: Belmondo with one lens missing from his glasses, the faces he and Jean Seberg make in the mirror, the Air France clerk sticking her tongue out at her boss, etc. How did Godard manage to be so stylish and truthful at the same time? This is a movie that never lets you forget it's a movie, telling a story in a way no novel or play ever could. "Citizen Kane" is the only other film I can think of that does so much with the medium. One for the ages.Movie Review: Amazing forty three years later !
Summary: 5 Stars
For many viewers this film is the quintessential movie of the New Wave . I would not dare to affirm it but undoubtly we are in front a masterpiece loaded with irreverence , sardonic humor and a special candor and tenderness of the loneliness told in a brilliant journey of hyperkinetic anguish .
The delirium and the sorrow ; the time must be lived as it was the last day of their lives . The story turns around the adventures and misadventures of a very weird couple who decides to break certain rules . Belmondo is outstanding .
We had to wait until Jules and Jim to enjoy and describe the whole circle of the meaning of the New Wave .
You may number five essential titles : 400 blows (Truffaut) (see my review) ; Breathless ; Les cousins (Chabrol); Bob le flambeur(Jean Pierre Melville) and Jules and Jim (Truffaut).
Essential film .
Movie Review: It's a great story.
Summary: 5 Stars
I haven't read them all, but it seems to me that most of the reviews here are about film technique. In addition to being ground-breaking from a director's standpoint, it's a great story. I've seen the Richard Gere version, and frankly, all I remember about it is the MTV music video for the theme song. The original gave me a completely different perception of the story, and the ending surprised me. I thought Jean-Paul Belmondo did a fantastic job with a complex character. There's a press conference scene that I thought was important to the story, as well. I wish I spoke French, because I think there are nuances in the dialogue not captured in the subtitles, but nevertheless, I think this is an enjoyable film in addition to all the cinematic masterpiece accolades.