false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179409975m/912334.jpg 912334 2 Breathless, a low-budget film, came to be regarded as one of the major accomplishments of the French New Wave cinema of the early sixties. It had a tremendous influence on French filmmakers and on world cinema in general. Beyond its significance in film history, it was also a film of considerable cultural impact. In Breathless, Jean-Luc Godard captured the spirit of a disillusioned generation and fashioned a style, which drew on the past, to parade that disillusionment. In his introduction, Dudley Andrew brilliantly explains what Godard set out to accomplish in Breathless. He illuminates the intertextual and cultural references of the film and the tensions withiin it between tradition and innovation. This volume also features, for the first time in English, the complete and accurate continuity script of Breathless, together with Francois Truffaut's surprisingly detailed original treatment. Also included are an in-depth selection of reviews and criticism in French and English; a brief biographical sketch of the director's life that covers the development of his career, as well as a filmography and selected bibliography. Dudley Andrew is a professor of film studies and comparative literature at Yale University. He is the author of Concepts in Film Theory, Andre Bazin, Flim in the Aura of Art, and other books on film. 897436 1 12 1987 Breathless (Rutgers Films in Print) total:5|5:3|4:1|2:1| 5 21 9 2 5 1 false false Sat Sep 15 08:26:29 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 11 20:37:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jul 14 15:29:33 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 16:19:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 18 11:29:58 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 11:29:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed May 06 12:13:09 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 22:32:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 10 05:47:48 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 05:49:02 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Apr 16 06:20:42 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 06:20:42 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Mar 24 01:08:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 01:08:00 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Mar 03 14:21:28 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 14:21:28 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Jan 06 21:45:34 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 21:45:34 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=912334