| Description |
2 DVDs (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. 1 booklet (80 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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Dolby |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 408.
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Criterion collection ; 408.
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| System Details |
DVD ; Dolby digital mono ; full screen format ; region 1 encoding. |
| Cast |
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Henri-Jacques Huet, Van Doude. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Raoul Coutard ; music, Martial Solal ; editor, Cecile Decugis ; technical advisor, Claude Chabrol. |
| Note |
Based on an original treatment by Francois Truffaut. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Note |
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. |
| Language |
In French with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Criminals -- Drama.
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Criminals. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Betrayal -- Drama.
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Betrayal. |
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships. |
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Fugitives from justice -- Drama.
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Fugitives from justice. |
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Murder -- Drama.
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Murder. |
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Paris (France) -- Drama.
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Americans -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Americans. |
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France -- Paris. |
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Motion pictures -- France.
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Motion pictures. |
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France. |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Gangster films.
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Gangster films.
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Fiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Foreign films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Seberg, Jean.
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Belmondo, Jean-Paul, 1933-2021.
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Boulanger, Daniel, 1922-2014.
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Huet, Henri-Jacques.
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Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930-2022.
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Truffaut, François.
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Solal, Martial.
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Films Georges de Beauregard.
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Société nouvelle de cinématographie.
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Impéria Films.
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
À bout de souffle (Motion picture) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85361789
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A bout de souffle |
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Chambre 12, Hotel de Suede.
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Charlotte et son Jules.
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| ISBN |
1934121924 |
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9781934121924 |
| Standard No. |
715515026222 |
| Music No. |
CC1716 The Criterion Collection |
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