A bout de souffle / Ramona Fotiade.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fotiade, Ramona, author.

Series:

French film guides series.

Ciné-files French film guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

À bout de souffle (Motion picture).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris, 2019.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of the most charismatic feature films of the New Wave, À Bout de souffle (1960) has retained its appeal not only as the emphatic statement of a generational break with tradition, but also as Godard's earliest rendition of a set of thematic and stylistic motifs that would become his trademark. À Bout de souffle is now a cult film, propelled in part by the memorable coupling of its leading actors, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, whose story on screen seemed to portray the troubled love affair between French cinema and Hollywood. In this original guide to the film, Ramona Fotiade analys.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Synopsis

Introduction

1 Production Contexts

2 The Film

3 Reception and Later Influences

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Credits

Appendix 2: Scene Breakdown

Appendix 3: Filmographies and Awards

Appendix 4: Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9780857733566

0857733567

9780755694372

0755694376

9781780765082

1780765088

9780857721174

0857721178

OCLC:

851316115