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Film Noir Breathless 1960 Jean Paul-belmondo Love Is A Funny Thing Old Tucson Arizona 1969-2008 #2 Poster
by David Lee Guss
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Film Noir Breathless 1960 Jean Paul-belmondo Love Is A Funny Thing Old Tucson Arizona 1969-2008 #2 poster by David Lee Guss. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Jean-Paul Belmondo is considered the French Humphrey Bogart, and in the film openly mimics several of Bogie's mannerisms. Breathless (1960) was... more
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Jean-Paul Belmondo is considered the French Humphrey Bogart, and in the film openly mimics several of Bogie's mannerisms. "Breathless" (1960) was dedicated to Monogram, a "poverty row" film studio.
The film critic, turned director, Jean-Luc Godard was a scholar of American films. He was "moved to tears" in a darkened Paris theater when John Wayne swooped Nataie Wood into his arms after years of hate searching for her.
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Godard had little money for "Breathless," so he had cinematographer Raoul Coutard shot it with a handheld Eclair Cameflex camera, using mostly available light; viewing the production as a documentary. The camera was noisy so most of the dialogue had to be re-recorded in post-production.
The dialogue was written daily by Godard, who strongly encouraged improvisation from his actors.
The company just took to the streets with no permission for shooting in the various Paris loc...
About David Lee Guss
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
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