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Discussion 9 Breatheless

Discussion 9 Breatheless

Q Screen Jean Luc Goddard's Breathless (1960). How does Goddard use the camera in new ways to tell his story? This is a good film for us to discuss because it breaks many of the conventions of classical Hollywood cinema we've learned.

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Breathless (1960) is another top-notch which shows how creativity can be used with the camera to tell stories in a new way. Godard was way ahead of his time and he was an important pioneer of the French New Wave. Even after using experimental techniques to shot the film the film received phenomenal success. He used hand held cameras, discontinued edits, various levels of mise-en-scenes and shooting on location -and all these gave movie a new look and feel which caught the attention of audience as well as critics. The raw and often casual treatment of movie was taken by many as amateurish but that brought about a different flavor to the movie. There are many scenes shot which do not directly fall in the narrative. The best part of the