One of the least intolerable films Jean Luc Godard gave us, if that praise is faint enough for you.
"Breathless" is easily one of the most accessible of Godard's films, and while it still features a great many of the French New Wave trappings that exist for the sole purpose of pulling you out of the world of the film, it still manages to tell a story peopled with characters that we care about. Godard owes much of his film's success to the tremendous screen presence of his two leads, the smoldering Jean-Paul Belmondo and the hipster gamine Jean Seberg. These two create a vision of spontaneous romance that feels loose and free, in contrast to the rigid romantic formulas imposed on Hollywood products of the time.
Grade: B+
"Breathless" is easily one of the most accessible of Godard's films, and while it still features a great many of the French New Wave trappings that exist for the sole purpose of pulling you out of the world of the film, it still manages to tell a story peopled with characters that we care about. Godard owes much of his film's success to the tremendous screen presence of his two leads, the smoldering Jean-Paul Belmondo and the hipster gamine Jean Seberg. These two create a vision of spontaneous romance that feels loose and free, in contrast to the rigid romantic formulas imposed on Hollywood products of the time.
Grade: B+