| Title |
Breathless = A bout de souffle / Les Films Georges de Beauregard, S.N.C ; Janus Films ; producer, Georges de Beauregard ; written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. |
| OCLC |
181222846 |
| ISBN |
1934121924 |
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9781934121924 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
715515026222 |
| Music number |
CC1716 The Criterion Collection |
| Publisher |
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2007] |
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©2007 |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. 1 booklet. (80 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Criminals -- Drama.
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Betrayal -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Fugitives from justice -- Drama.
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Murder -- Drama.
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Americans -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Motion pictures -- France.
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Paris (France) -- Drama.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Feature films.
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Gangster films.
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Fiction films.
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LC
Genre heading/s |
Foreign films.
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| System details note |
DVD ; Dolby digital mono ; full screen format ; region 1 encoding. |
| Cast |
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Henri-Jacques Huet, Van Doude. |
| Creation/Production credits |
Director of photography, Raoul Coutard ; music, Martial Solal ; editor, Cecile Decugis ; technical advisor, Claude Chabrol. |
| Summary |
A small-time hood kills a police officer and tries to leave France, but his American girlfriend betrays him to the police, leading to a deadly conclusion. |
| Language note |
In French with optional English subtitles. |
| General note |
Based on an original treatment by Francois Truffaut. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960. |
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Special features: Disc one: new, restored high-definition, digital transfer, approved by d.p. Raoul Coutard ; archival interviews with director Jean-Luc Godard and actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, and Jean-Pierre Melville ; French theatrical trailer ; new and improved English subtitle translation. Disc two: new video interviews with Coutard, asst. director Pierre Rissient, and filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker ; new video essays: filmmaker Mark Rappaport's Jean Seberg and critic Jonathan Rosenbaum's "Breathless as Criticism" ; "Chambre 12, Hotel de Suede," an eighty-minute French documentary about the making of Breathless with members of the cast and crew ; "Charlotte et son Jules," a 1959 short by Godard starring Belmondo ; plus: a book featuring an essay by scholar Dudley Andrew, writings by Godard, Francois Truffaut's original film treatment, and Godard's scenario. |
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