| Edition |
Full screen. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (79 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 408 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 408.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen standard (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono. |
| Cast |
Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Daniel Boulanger, Henri-Jacques Huet, Roger Hanin, Van Doude, Liliane David, Michel Fabre, Jean-Pierre Melville, Claude Mansard, Jean-Luc Godard, Richard Balducci; with appearances by Philippe de Broca, Jean Domarchi, Jean Douchet, Jean Herman, André S. Labarthe. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Raoul Coutard ; assistant director, Pierre Rissient ; editor, Cécile Decugis ; music, Martial Solal. |
| Note |
Credits from booklet. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960. |
| Summary |
A small-time criminal kills a police officer, setting in motion a tragic series of events for both himself and his American girlfriend. |
| Note |
Special features: Disc 1. Excerpts from interviews with director Jean-Luc Godard, actors Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, and filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville recorded for French television between 1960-1964; trailer. Disc 2. "Coutard and Rissient" video interview with Coutard & assistant director Pierre Rissient; "Pennebaker on 'Breathless" video interview with filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker; "Jean Seberg" video essay by Mark Rappaport; "Breathless as criticism" video essay by Jonathan Rosenbaum; "Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède" making-of documentary with members of the cast & crew (1993, 78 min.); "Charlotte et son Jules" short film by Godard starring Belmondo (1959, 13 min.). Booklet. "Breathless then and now" by scholar Dudley Andrew; "Godard in his own words" selections from statements & interviews by Godard from 1959-1962; "Breathless in progress"; "Truffaut treatment" original film treatment translated by Ellen Sowchek; "Godard scenario" translated by Dory O'Brien for Dudley Andrew's book Breathless. |
| Language |
In French with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Criminals -- Drama.
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Police murders -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Fugitives from justice -- Drama.
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Paris (France) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Crime films.
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New wave films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930-2022. Director. Screenwriter. Actor.
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Beauregard, Georges de. Producer.
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Truffaut, François. Author.
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Seberg, Jean. Actor.
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Belmondo, Jean-Paul, 1933-2021. Actor.
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Boulanger, Daniel, 1922-2014. Actor.
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Huet, Henri-Jacques. Actor.
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Hanin, Roger. Actor.
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Doude, Van, 1926- Actor.
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David, Liliane. Actor.
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Fabre, Michel. Actor.
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Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973. Actor.
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Mansard, Claude. Actor.
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Balducci, Richard, 1922-2015. Actor.
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Broca, Philippe de, 1933-2004. Actor.
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Domarchi, Jean. Actor.
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Douchet, Jean. Actor.
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Herman, Jean, 1933- Actor.
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Labarthe, André S. Actor.
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Coutard, Raoul. Interviewee. Cinematographer.
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Rissient, Pierre. Director. Interviewee.
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Decugis, Cécile. Film editor.
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Solal, Martial. Composer.
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Pennebaker, D. A. Interviewee.
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Rappaport, Mark. Author.
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Rosenbaum, Jonathan. Author.
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Andrew, Dudley, 1945-
Breathless then and now.
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Pretty Pictures (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Title from English subtitles: Breathless |
| Added Title |
Coutard and Rissient.
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Pennebaker on Breathless.
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Jean Seberg.
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Breathless as criticism.
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Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède.
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Charlotte et son Jules.
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Godard in his own words.
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| ISBN |
1934121924 |
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9781934121924 |
| Standard No. |
715515026222 |
| Music No. |
CC1716D Criterion Collection |
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