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Breathless - Definition and Overview |
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À bout de souffle (Aka: Breathless) 1960 Original Breathless was the English language title given to the French film À bout de souffle, directed by Jean-Luc Godard and released in 1960, becoming one of the best-known films of the French New Wave.
It was remade in English in 1983.
A rare 1976 film by Amos Poe, featuring a cameo by Blondie singer Deborah Harry (playing a woman named Blondie) called Unmade Beds was an homage / satire to the original.
1960 Original
Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg
Plot summary
Scene from Breathless (1960 Original) Michel is a young thug who romantically models himself after 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 police, he turns to his American girlfriend Patricia, a student and aspiring journalist. The ambiguous Patricia agrees to hide him and the two spend their time evading the police, making love and stealing cars to raise money for a trip to Italy. As the police net tightens, Michel's bravado and desperation grow…
1983 Version
Starring Richard Gere and Valérie Kaprisky, directed by Jim McBride.
1976 "Unmade Beds"
- Rico : Eric Mitchell
- Blondie : Deborah Harry
See also
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Example Usage of Breathless |
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pkedrosky: This NYT article on the U.S.'s debt payments problems is almost bullish in its Breathless recitation of day-old data http://bit.ly/66qo3x |
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joeyTWOwheels: Al Michaels is a Breathless dbag. "Gould is good as gold." He says that every time da #Bears are on primetime. |
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MariaValetta: Just witnessed a dream come true. Not mine. Jose's. But it is thrilling none the less. Exciting. I'm Breathless. |
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