Bastille Day Films 'Breathless'

'Breathless' (PG) 6pm (5 star rating)

The 1960 Classic film from Jean Luc Godard Digitally restored, a jazzy riff on Film Noir, a film that instantly changed the course of International filmmaking.
STORYLINE. This Movie is a triumph of the French Nouvelle Vague, marks a turning point, not only for the Director, Jean-Luc Godard, but for anyone who sees it. The plot, though intriguing, is secondary to the incredible presentation. Use of hand-held cameras and jump-cuts (where the director cuts from one angle to a shot of the same angle two seconds later, a stylistic effect that can show freneticism or boredom) this was revolutionary at the time, yet can still surprise and delight today.

Jean Seaberg is excellent, with the nicest accent you'll ever hear, as are the supporting cast, all rounded stereotypes. But the leading man outshines all the others. A virtuoso display from Jean-Paul Belmondo as Michel Poiccard makes the viewer swoon and scorn in equal measures. He doesn't make it easy for us to empathize with him, yet we still do, and in doing, we feel we have earned something. "Revolutionary. Brilliant. Oh so pretty" (Hollywood Match)
'Pure, Raw, Chaotic Newness' (The Guardian)
Showing at 6pm
Tickets $15 / $12 from eventfinda.co.nz TEXT bookings to 0210 2225558 / FLICKS@LOPDELL Titirangi