A bout de souffle [videorecording] = Breathless / Pretty Pictures ; [director, Jean-Luc Godard ; producer, Georges de Beauregard ; screenplay, Jean-Luc Godard ; based on an original treatment by François Truffaut].
Godard, Jean Luc, 1930-; Beauregard, Georges de.; Truffaut, François.; Seberg, Jean.; Belmondo, Jean-Paul, 1933-; Boulanger, Daniel, 1922-; Huet, Henri-Jacques.; Hanin, Roger.; Doude, Van, 1926-; David, Liliane.; Fabre, Michel.; Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973.; Mansard, Claude.; Balducci, Richard, 1929-; Broca, Philippe de, 1933-2004.; Domarchi, Jean.; Douchet, Jean.; Herman, Jean, 1933-; Labarthe, André S.; Coutard, Raoul.; Rissient, Pierre.; Decugis, Cécile.; Solal, Martial.; Pennebaker, D. A.; Rappaport, Mark.; Rosenbaum, Jonathan, 1943-; Andrew, Dudley, 1945- Breathless then and now.; Pretty Pictures (Firm); Criterion Collection (Firm)
2007
PN1997 .A268 2007
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Title
A bout de souffle [videorecording] = Breathless / Pretty Pictures ; [director, Jean-Luc Godard ; producer, Georges de Beauregard ; screenplay, Jean-Luc Godard ; based on an original treatment by François Truffaut].
Uniform Title
À bout de souffle (Motion picture)
Variant Title
Title from English subtitles: Breathless
Edition
Full screen.
ISBN
1934121924
9781934121924
9781934121924
Publication Details
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2007.
Language
French
Language Note
In French with optional English subtitles.
Description
2 videodiscs (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (79 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Item Number
715515026222
Call Number
PN1997 .A268 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.43/72
Distributor No.
CC1716D Criterion Collection
Summary
A small-time criminal kills a police officer, setting in motion a tragic series of events for both himself and his American girlfriend.
Note
Credits from booklet.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960.
Special features: Disc 1. 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. Disc 2. "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.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960.
Special features: Disc 1. 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. Disc 2. "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.
Credits
Director of photography, Raoul Coutard ; assistant director, Pierre Rissient ; editor, Cécile Decugis ; music, Martial Solal.
Performer
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.
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
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen standard (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Added Author
Godard, Jean Luc, 1930-
Beauregard, Georges de.
Truffaut, François.
Seberg, Jean.
Belmondo, Jean-Paul, 1933-
Boulanger, Daniel, 1922-
Huet, Henri-Jacques.
Hanin, Roger.
Doude, Van, 1926-
David, Liliane.
Fabre, Michel.
Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973.
Mansard, Claude.
Balducci, Richard, 1929-
Broca, Philippe de, 1933-2004.
Domarchi, Jean.
Douchet, Jean.
Herman, Jean, 1933-
Labarthe, André S.
Coutard, Raoul.
Rissient, Pierre.
Decugis, Cécile.
Solal, Martial.
Pennebaker, D. A.
Rappaport, Mark.
Rosenbaum, Jonathan, 1943-
Andrew, Dudley, 1945- Breathless then and now.
Beauregard, Georges de.
Truffaut, François.
Seberg, Jean.
Belmondo, Jean-Paul, 1933-
Boulanger, Daniel, 1922-
Huet, Henri-Jacques.
Hanin, Roger.
Doude, Van, 1926-
David, Liliane.
Fabre, Michel.
Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973.
Mansard, Claude.
Balducci, Richard, 1929-
Broca, Philippe de, 1933-2004.
Domarchi, Jean.
Douchet, Jean.
Herman, Jean, 1933-
Labarthe, André S.
Coutard, Raoul.
Rissient, Pierre.
Decugis, Cécile.
Solal, Martial.
Pennebaker, D. A.
Rappaport, Mark.
Rosenbaum, Jonathan, 1943-
Andrew, Dudley, 1945- Breathless then and now.
Added Corporate Author
Series
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 408.
Includes
Coutard and Rissient.
Pennebaker on Breathless.
Jean Seberg.
Breathless as criticism.
Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède.
Charlotte et son Jules.
Godard in his own words.
Pennebaker on Breathless.
Jean Seberg.
Breathless as criticism.
Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède.
Charlotte et son Jules.
Godard in his own words.
Record Appears in
Table of 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.
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.