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Some scenes defy all movie conventions-doing nothing whatsoever to further the plot-and exist only as a forum for hearing the characters' philosophies of life. The first five minutes or so show Poiccard driving through Paris, talking to himself about nothing in particular, but giving us insight into how his mind works. Another scene shows an author's press conference that Patricia covers for her news-paper. Its total irrelevance to the plot doesn't make it less interesting-it provides an opportunity to hear the Truffaut rattle off dozens of maxims about love. Other shots try to make...
...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's appetite for sex and apathy for everything else render him the opposite of the tough-but-noble Bogart-esque hero...
...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...
...nationalities here are the opposite of those in the remake: Jean-Paul Belmon-do plays Michel Poiccard, the sleazy but charming cop-killing Frenchman, and Jean Seberg the fresh-faced American girl, Patricia, who's taking classes at the Sorbonne...
...completely break with his past. Ferdinand becomes Pierrot Le Fou. He acts. He grabs a huge chunk of cake, flings it at the Beautiful People, and bolts out the door into a world of ecstasy and destruction. Like a desperate gambler, he is going for broke. As with Michael Poiccard in Breathless, it is all or nothing...