Film noir Breathless 1960 Jean Paul-Belmondo Love Is A Funny Thing Old Tucson Arizona 1969-2008 Acrylic Print
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 acrylic print by David Lee Guss. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of an acrylic print. Your image gets printed directly onto the back of a 1/4" thick sheet of clear acrylic. The high gloss of the acrylic sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results. Two different mounting options are available, see below.
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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, one of those "poverty row" film studios mentioned earlier.
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 Natalie 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 shooti...
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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