tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874901938972880720.post4129479163289266197..comments2023-05-05T07:29:24.892-07:00Comments on Shooting Lessons: 1000 Pictures: Target #242: À bout de souffle / Breathless (1960, Jean-Luc Godard)ackatsishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09629378991868728549noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874901938972880720.post-30034154270377496122009-01-06T07:57:00.000-08:002009-01-06T07:57:00.000-08:00I know I won't be popular for saying this but I al...I know I won't be popular for saying this but I always hated Breathless. I think the film is awful. Horrible acting, pretentious Brecht distancing, and a wasted story. The only saving grace about this film is that it is extremely influential. All you have to do is look at anything MTV has ever done and you see this film. The thing that bothers me the most is that Godard was capable of so much more as evidenced by masterpieces like Band Of Outsiders and A Woman Is A Woman.Valerie Troutmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410883127046380616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874901938972880720.post-44299552506074266932008-12-18T09:28:00.000-08:002008-12-18T09:28:00.000-08:00"However, when the narrative periodically came to ..."However, when the narrative periodically came to a standstill, so too, I found, did my interest in the film."<BR/><BR/>I agree. I have a lot of respect for this film and Godard, but his style always seemed somehow too artificial to me, and not honest and real enough.Marin Mandirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17535059667967149300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874901938972880720.post-16025835001835252492008-12-16T18:17:00.000-08:002008-12-16T18:17:00.000-08:00Patricia: What is your greatest ambition in life?P...Patricia: What is your greatest ambition in life?<BR/>Parvulesco: To become immortal... and then die.<BR/><BR/>It's a nice exchange. It doesn't seem particularly relevant to anything, though.ackatsishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629378991868728549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874901938972880720.post-5481970243381403162008-12-16T12:45:00.000-08:002008-12-16T12:45:00.000-08:00Breathless was the first french new-wave film I wa...Breathless was the first french new-wave film I watched. I have to say, I agree with some points in your review, but I give more credit to the story. It's simple, but it provides the best on-screen "pillow-talk" you can get. And you have to love lines like:<BR/><BR/>Patricia: What is your greatest ambition in life?<BR/>Parvulesco: To become immortal... and then die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874901938972880720.post-37528929696439072432008-12-15T05:50:00.000-08:002008-12-15T05:50:00.000-08:00Arghhh! You appear to have been infected by the bo...Arghhh! You appear to have been infected by the body snatchers, and are no longer the "tosser" I remember.<BR/><BR/>OK, I forgive you. Make yourself comfortable. :)ackatsishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629378991868728549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8874901938972880720.post-20001540272804563082008-12-15T00:57:00.000-08:002008-12-15T00:57:00.000-08:00I already responded to your review over on FG, so ...I already responded to your review over on FG, so I'm just announcing my new identity now.<BR/><BR/>I'm tosser.<BR/><BR/>Hi.aeuzophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15864244998015595121noreply@blogger.com