The director appears in this film as a police informer whose information leads to the climax, but his more important contributions involve his revolutionary use of jump cuts and overlapping dialogue.
The director appears in this film as a police informer whose information leads to the climax, but his more important contributions involve his revolutionary use of jump cuts and overlapping dialogue. It stars a boxer turned actor named Jean-Paul Belmondo as Michel, a petty street thief who models himself on Humphrey Bogart. When he kills a cop while stealing a car, he hides out in Paris with his American girlfriend, who eventually betrays him. FTP, what is this classic New Wave film directed by Jean-Luc Godard?
The director appears in this film as a police informer whose information leads to the climax, but his more important contributions involve his revolutionary use of jump cuts and overlapping dialogue.
Breathless (or A bout de souffle)