There’s a common theme amongst the reviews for the pioneer French New Wave film Breathless (“A Bout de Souffle”); it’s erratic nature and immoral characters. On February 8th of 1961, The New York Times published Bosley Crowther’s review of the (then) new film, in which he wrote “…sordid is really a mild word for its…
Tag: French New Wave
Breathless (A Bout De Souffle)
Breathless is a French New wave film that was released in 1960, and was directed by Jean-Luc Godard. When it was released, it shook the world. This was a film that had unknown actors, took risks, and was considered to be bad editing for the time. What they ended up with is something truly unique…
Breathless and The Graduate – a new take on Romance
“Breathless” and “The Graduate” at first glance appear so drastically different from one another. Made ten years apart from one another, in different countries, and one in black and white, one in color, there could really be no similarity between the two, right? The reality is that both of these films are still today looked…
The 400 Blows and Bonnie and Clyde
The 400 Blows (1959) and Bonnie and Clyde (1967) were released less then a decade apart and are very different movies. However they do share some similarities such as crime and fleeing from the law. I chose these films because 400 Blows is in a different language (with subtitles of course) and I though it…
The Bicycle Thief and The 400 Blows
The Bicycle Thief and The 400 Blows By Mason Thompson I wanted to stretch my mind so I choose 2 foreign film with English sub titles (this was my first sub title experience). The movies were released about a decade apart. The Bicycle Thief was released in 1948 while The 400 Blows came in…
Breathless and The Manchurian Candidate.
Most commonly, in movies the main character is a protagonist who the audiences ends up rooting for during the film. However, there is an exception to this general film strategy called an antihero. An antihero is a protagonist that doesn’t usually act noble or well mannered. This unconventional character also creates for some debate among…
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