Breathless
Everything old is New Wave again: Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless was originally released in 1960, and now it’s back, restored and refreshed but still as combustible as a shaky truckload of nitroglycerine. The iconic performances by Jean-Paul Belmondo and expatriated American actress Jean Seberg are still fascinating, but maybe a little frail in comparison to the rest of the film, which is no less unique 50 years on. Memorable for its lack of convention as much as anything else, Breathless helped introduce the French New Wave to a wider audience and gave moviegoers of the time a lot more to absorb in terms of both style and substance. Not a great film technically or in terms of the story, Breathless is nonetheless essential and more worthy of your $10 than something like Love and Other Drugs.
By Colin Boyd
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Credits
Director:
- Yang Ik-Joon
Cast:
- Yang Ik-Joon
- Kot-bi Kim
- Man-shik Jeong
- Lee Hwan
Producer:
- Yang Ik-Joon
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