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Brattle Theatre. 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square. 876-6837. "Breathless" at 4:10 and 7:55 and "Alphaville" at 6 and 9:40 on Thursday, April 7. "Savage Nights" at 2:40, 5, 7:30 and 10, with Saturday and Sunday matiness at 12:15 from April 8 Through April...
...Breathless...
...ingredients of a classic come together almost perfectly in "Breathless." Sex, crime, cops, money, Paris, beautiful heroine, daring hero--they're all here; but the best thing about the film is that it doesn't fit into the "classic" category. Screenwriter Francois Truffaut pioneered French new Wave film, and "Breathless" exemplifies the genre. Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo fleshes out the New Wave hero flawlessly by shattering the image of the typical leading man. One scene shows Belmondo's character, the fugitive Michel Poiccard, staring at a poster of Humphrey Bogart for minutes on end. But Poiccard's unglamorous criminal record...
...plot of "Breathless" is almost completely unimportant, which is fortunate, because it makes very little sense. But it is only at the end that its insignificance becomes clear- you do not need to understand what's happening, but only to whom it is happening. The relationship between Poiccard and the beautiful American reporter Patricia Franchini (Jean Seberg) energizes the film, the rest of the plot (basically, Poiccard running from the law) exists only to keep the characters moving from place to place...
...Breathless" is a classic because it breaks from the tradition of classics. Although the plot is confusing and unimportant, the character carry the film, and will leave you wondering why anyone ever thought that the good guys were fun to watch...