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Breathless = À bout de souffle
Uniform Title
À bout de souffle (Motion picture)
Title
Breathless = À bout de souffle / Pretty Pictures ; director, Jean-Luc Godard ; producer, Georges de Beauregard ; screenplay, Jean-Luc Godard ; based on an original treatment by François Truffaut.
ISBN
9781604657890
1604657898
Edition
Dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2014]
Copyright Notice Date
©2014
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. 1 booklet (79 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)
Medium
Blu-ray 4 3/4 in.
DVD video 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Credits from booklet; film lacks credits.
Based on an original treatment by Francois Truffaut.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960.
Booklet includes an essay by scholar Dudley Andrew ("'Breathless' then and now"), "Godard in his own words" (selections from statements & interviews by Godard from 1959-1962), Francois Truffaut's original film treatment (as translated by Ellen Sowchek), and Godard's scenario for the film (as translated by Dory O'Brien).
Director of photography, Raoul Coutard ; editor, Cécile Decugis ; music, Martial Solal.
In French with optional English subtitles.
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.
Variant and related titles
À bout de souffle
Title on container: Breathless
Chambre 12, Hotel de Suede.
Charlotte et son Jules.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
French
Added to Catalog
April 17, 2018
Series
The Criterion collection ; 408
Credits
Director of photography, Raoul Coutard ; editor, Cécile Decugis ; music, Martial Solal.
Cast
Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Daniel Boulanger, Henri-Jacques Huet, Roger Hanin, Van Doude, Liliane David, Michel Fabre, Jean-Pierre Melville, Claude Mansard, Jean-Luc Godard, Richard Balducci; with appearances by Philippe de Broca, Jean Domarchi, Jean Douchet, Jean Herman, André S. Labarthe.
System details note
Blu-ray, region A, widescreen (2.35:1, 16:9) presentation; LPCM 1.0; requires Blu-ray player.
DVD ; Dolby digital mono ; full screen format ; region 1 encoding.
Contents
DVD one. Feature film ; Excerpts from interviews with director Jean-Luc Godard, actors Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, and filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville recorded for French television between 1960-1964; trailer
DVD two. "Coutard and Rissient" video interview with Coutard & assistant director Pierre Rissient; "Pennebaker on 'Breathless" video interview with filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker; "Jean Seberg" video essay by Mark Rappaport; "Breathless as criticism" video essay by Jonathan Rosenbaum; "Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède" making-of documentary with members of the cast & crew (1993, 78 min.); "Charlotte et son Jules" short film by Godard starring Belmondo (1959, 13 min.). Booklet. "Breathless then and now" by scholar Dudley Andrew; "Godard in his own words" selections from statements & interviews by Godard from 1959-1962; "Breathless in progress"; "Truffaut treatment" original film treatment translated by Ellen Sowchek; "Godard scenario" translated by Dory O'Brien for Dudley Andrew's book Breathless
Blu-ray. Feature film ; Excerpts from interviews with director Jean-Luc Godard, actors Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, and filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville recorded for French television between 1960-1964; trailer ; "Coutard and Rissient" video interview with Coutard & assistant director Pierre Rissient; "Pennebaker on 'Breathless" video interview with filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker; "Jean Seberg" video essay by Mark Rappaport; "Breathless as criticism" video essay by Jonathan Rosenbaum; "Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède" making-of documentary with members of the cast & crew (1993, 78 min.); "Charlotte et son Jules" short film by Godard starring Belmondo (1959, 13 min.). Booklet. "Breathless then and now" by scholar Dudley Andrew; "Godard in his own words" selections from statements & interviews by Godard from 1959-1962; "Breathless in progress"; "Truffaut treatment" original film treatment translated by Ellen Sowchek; "Godard scenario" translated by Dory O'Brien for Dudley Andrew's book Breathless.
Breathless [A Bout de Souffle] / directed by Jean-Luc Godard (1960, 90 min., subtitled)
Chambre 12, Hotel de Suede (80 min., subtitled)
Charlotte et son Jules / directed by Jean-Luc Godard (1959, 13 min., subtitled).
Videorecording number
CC2348BDDVD The Criterion Collection
CC2348BDDVD-1 Criterion Collection
CC2348BDDVD-2 Criterion Collection
CC2348BDDVD-3 Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Crime films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Motion pictures - France.
Foreign films.
Crime films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Motion pictures - France.
Foreign films.
Also listed under
Films Georges de Beauregard.
Pretty Pictures (Firm)
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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