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Breathless = A bout de souffle [DVD]
Title:
Breathless = A bout de souffle [DVD]
JLCTITLE245:
[DVD] / Les Films Georges de Beauregard, S.N.C ; Janus Films ; producer, Georges de Beauregard ; written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
Uniform Title:
À bout de souffle (Motion picture)
Publication Information:
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. 1 booklet (80 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
ISBN:
9781934121924
Series:
General Note:
Based on an original treatment by Francois Truffaut.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960.
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.
Abstract:
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.
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Added Title Contained Works:
Chambre 12, Hotel de Suede.
Charlotte et son Jules.
Contents:
Disc one. Feature film ; archival interviews with director Jean-Luc Godard and actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg and Jean-Pierre Melville ; French theatrical trailer ; new English subtitles -- disc two. New video interviews with Coutard, assistant director Pierre Rissient and filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker ; New video essays by Mark Rappaport and Jonathan Rosenbaum ; "Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède," an 80 minute French documentary on the making of "Breathless" ; "Charlotte et son Jules," a 1959 short by Godard, starring Belmondo.
Credits:
Director, Jean-Luc Godard ; Director of photography, Raoul Coutard ; music, Martial Solal ; editor, Cecile Decugis ; technical advisor, Claude Chabrol.
Performer:
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Henri-Jacques Huet, Van Doude.
Technical Details:
DVD ; Dolby digital mono ; full screen format ; region 1 encoding.
Language:
In French with optional English subtitles.