Episode #4: Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless is one of the most influential movies of all time, but what does it teach us about filmmaking? Breathless helped launch the French New Wave, change the accepted modes of production, establish Auteur Theory, and inspire some of the most celebrated filmmakers in cinema history. This episode is an experiment in a new interactive video essay format— several references are expanded upon through interactive buttons that link to short side-videos.

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This video essay was written, edited, and narrated by Tyler Knudsen.

Clips:

Breathless (1960 Dir. Jean-Luc Godard)
Pulp Fiction (1994 Dir. Quentin Tarantino)
My Own Private Idaho (1991 Dir. Gus Van Sant)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967 Dir. Arthur Penn)
Primary (1960 Dir. Robert Drew)
Chronicle of a Summer (1961 Dir. Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin)
Black Swan (2010 Dir. Darren Aronofsky)
Saving Private Ryan (1998 Dir. Steven Spielberg)
“Iran Hostage Crisis 1979” – ABC News
Fruitvale Station (2013 Dir. Ryan Coogler)
The French Connection (1971 Dir. William Friedkin)
Jean-Luc Godard Interview – Reflets de Cannes 1960
Moi, un noir (1958 Dir. Jean Rouch)
“The Best and Worst of 2014” – vlogbrothers (YouTube)
Pierrot le Fou (1965 Dir. Jean-Luc Godard)

Sources:

David Sterritt’s Breathless DVD commentary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathle...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_N...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc...

Music:

“RSPN” by Blank & Kytt (https://blankkytt.bandcamp.com/)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

“Backed Vibes Clean” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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