Details in Breathless
Dominic Mayhall Details in Breathless There have been many directors to come and go throughout the history of film making. Some to leave an impression and others to take it with them. Each of these directors from all over the world used a certain style or a mix of styles to create the movies they wanted to make. The style that Jean-Luc Godard is a unique one that is deserving of the title "New Wave". My first thoughts on the movie "Breathless" by Jean-Luc Godard is that it has some realism to it. A film I can compare it to is one you already mentioned in the film lesson, and that's "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". Breathless's use of comedic timing and randomness every so often remind me of that same cadence in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". For example, even though he doesn't look at the audience directly like Ferris would, he speaks his mind out loud to tell us what he's thinking. In the first 10 minutes you u...