Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger
Michel is a young thug who romantically models himself on Humphrey Bogart. While driving a stolen car, Michel shoots a policeman who follows him onto a country road. Penniless and on the run from the ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 20, 2001
Stats: 2,026 reviews
Extremely influential and a favourite of portentous film snobs, all modern cinema started here. The new wave wasn?t/isn't to everybody?s taste but, honestly, who can resist Jean-Paul Belmondo's horney wannabe gangster and such brilliant dialogue such as 'My ambition is to find th...( read more)
Maybe I was sucked in by all the hype, but I just wasn't impressed. I wanted to to like this one a lot more than I did. Maybe I'm just not as much of a movie snob as I thought, or perhaps my pallet needed to be cleansed after a steady diet of old Hollywood war movies and classi...( read more)
the great belmondo stars in this film often seen as godards masterpiece. while the film had a likeable quality and an engaging concept, it was oversimplified and a bit too expirimental for my tastes. significant and worth while, a must see film that is easily forgetable.
"between grief and nothing, I'll take grief" - faulkner, embodies the temperament and the story arc of one of cinema's greatest character portraits. The movie is a cinephile's delight and the DVD commentary by David Sterrit is a must-hear. There's so much more that I'd like to sa...( read more)
I'm not quite sure how to give a rating to a movie like "Breathless". On one hand, you must consider it's effectiveness as a narrative in 2009. On the other, however, you must consider it's revolutionary ideas that have inspired literally hundreds of films since it's release in 1...( read more)
Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo), protagonist and anti-hero, is a young criminal on the run from the police, after stealing a car and killing a cop. He has an affair with a beautiful young American, Patricia (Jean Seberg), an aspiring journalist who sells the New York Herald Tribune i...( read more)
An interesting style, definitley revolutionizing for it's time period. But I was tired of it mid-way. I really had trouble caring about the main character and I also am really bothered by american-french accents.
directed by godard and written by truffaut, it should be the most important film of the french new wave but to me it seems oddly detached from the others, different from the rest of his work (compare with petit soldat, released the same year). it is a fantastic film, but somehow ...( read more)
so. unbelievably. stylish.
and what does the strange hand across mouth thing even mean? who knows.
there cant be many characters as swish and suave as the two leads in any film ever made, its just not possible.
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