Breathless
1960, NR, 87 min.
D: Jean-Luc Godard; with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg.
Godard’s breakthrough film ushered in the French New Wave. The film’s use of jump cuts and general insouciance lends this genre piece a stylistic energy, and stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg – an American in Paris – are icons of cool.
This article appears in June 18 • 2004.
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