Breathless-- 50th Anniversary Screening

(Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1959, 35mm, 90 min)The debut feature from critic-turned-director Jean-Luc Godard shattered film conventions and took the world by storm. Among its many filmmaking innovations, Breathless boasts one of the great jazz scores of French New Wave cinema. Jazz pianist and composer Martial Solal uses clever variations on two simple themes to characterize the film's carefree thief (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and lovely American student (Jean Seberg). His playful music matches Godard's fresh approach in portraying youth, love, and the couple's criminal escapades.