Breathless: A Bout de Souffle – 1990s RR

Condition: Very Good

Printers Proof: Folded as Issued 

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Size: 17 x 13 inches (43 x 32.5 cm) 

Printers' proof for the 1990s re-release of ‘Breathless’ obtained directly from Mike Leedham of 2D Design Ltd, who were responsible for the re-imagining of the poster.  

Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 extraordinary debut feature was this insouciant and iconoclastic crime film, which singlehandedly changed the face of French cinema and went on to inspire countless New Waves around the world.

Ostensibly a laid-back homage to Godard's beloved Hollywood B-movies of the 1940s, this simple story of an American student's (Jean Seberg) relationship with a charismatic young hoodlum (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is steeped in naturalistic and innovative touches, from pop-culture references and Seberg's androgynous haircut to the then revolutionary adoption of jump-cut editing.

The result is a film that, despite the cliché, genuinely feels as fresh today as it did upon its radical emergence into the staid cinematic culture of 1950s France.

“There's no need to lie. It's like poker. The truth is best. The others still think you're bluffing, so you win.”

Tags: 1990s 1960s Drama French British Crime Miscellanea Printers Proof