| 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; Dolby digital mono. |
| Language |
In French with optional English subtitles. |
| 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 ; editor, Cécile Decugis ; music, Martial Solal. |
| Note |
Credits from booklet. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960. |
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Special features (disc 1): excerpts from interviews with Godard, Belmondo, Seberg & Melville (originally recorded for French television between 1960-1964); trailer. |
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Special features (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.). |
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Booklet includes an essay by scholar Dudley Andrew ("'Breathless' then and now"), "Godard in his own words" (selections from statements & interviews by Godard from 1959-1962), Francois Truffaut's original film treatment (as translated by Ellen Sowchek), and Godard's scenario for the film (as translated by Dory O'Brien). |
| Summary |
A small-time criminal kills a police officer, setting in motion a tragic series of events for both himself and his American girlfriend. |
| Contents |
Disc one. Feature film ; archival interviews with director Jean-Luc Godard and actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg and Jean-Pierre Melville ; French theatrical trailer ; new English subtitles -- disc two. New video interviews with Coutard, assistant director Pierre Rissient and filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker ; New video essays by Mark Rappaport and Jonathan Rosenbaum ; "Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède," an 80 minute French documentary on the making of "Breathless" ; "Charlotte et son Jules," a 1959 short by Godard, starring Belmondo. |
| Subject |
Criminals -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Police murders -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Fugitives from justice -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Paris (France) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (FRENCH), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Crime films.
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New wave films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films France.
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Motion pictures, French.
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| Added Author |
Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930- director, screenwriter, actor.
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Beauregard, Georges de, producer.
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Truffaut, François.
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Seberg, Jean, actor.
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Belmondo, Jean-Paul, 1933-2021 actor.
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Boulanger, Daniel, 1922- 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), actor.
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Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973, actor.
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Mansard, Claude, actor.
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Balducci, Richard, 1929- 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, cinematographer.
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Decugis, Cécile, film editor.
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Solal, Martial, composer.
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Rissient, Pierre.
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Pennebaker, D. A.
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Rappaport, Mark.
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Rosenbaum, Jonathan.
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Andrew, Dudley, 1945-
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
À bout de souffle |
| Note |
Title from English subtitles: Breathless |
| Added Title |
À bout de souffle (Motion picture)
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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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Breathless then and now.
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Godard in his own words.
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| ISBN |
1934121924 |
| Standard No. |
715515026222 |
| Music No. |
CC2348BDDVD Criterion Collection |
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CC1716D Criterion Collection |
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