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Wednesday, August 03, 2011

The filming of Breathless

Last Friday, after I posted this smoochy photo from Breathless, I stumbled upon these amazing behind-the-scenes shots of the film, below. Have you seen the movie?
(The third photo above shows the cinematographer Raoul Coutard shooting a scene from a rooftop!)

64 comments:

  1. What a great collection of these old photos!!

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  2. LOVE Breathless and I love love Jean Seberg's hair. I really wish I could rock that cut!

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  3. this is one of my favorite movies... so glad you posted this.

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  4. These are wonderful images Jo!!

    xoxo

    Karena
    Art by Karena

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  5. My favorite movie ever (along with 400 Blows, by François Truffaut)!


    Camila Faria

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  6. Awesome! It's like finding old photos in your grandparents attic!

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  7. Very cool! I love older movies, I will absolutely check this out! I love Seberg's style, but then again...who doesn't??

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  8. lovely photos :)

    http://girlynote.blogspot.com/

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  9. Definitely need to watch this film again. Love the behind the scenes snapshots of the film.

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  10. Breathless has been my favourite movie since I saw it 5 years ago. I bought my boyfriend the deluxe criterion for his birthday this year. I really ought to check out the extra material, hopefully some of this will be on it (there's a whole bunch of essays in the dvd book which is really neat)

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  11. I love Jean Seberg so much. I took a picture of her last time I got my haircut!

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  12. Breathless is one of my favorite films! How great to see these behind-the-scenes photos!

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  13. Sure, I've seen it. I had no choice. My mother had my hair cut Jean Seberg style...on poipoise. And she taught me to say, "My hair is like Jean Seberg's.

    xo

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  14. Well, I was trying to be cute with "on purpose". Note to self. Stop tryin' to be cute. Urgh.

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  15. these are fab. On of my favourite movies of all time!

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  16. Awesome photos! We watched Breathless in my film history class, hands down the best class I've taken so far. :)

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  17. I love Jean Seberg! I have kept my hair short for the past year in the hope of channeling her style just a little. Time to re-watch Breathless!

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  18. One of my all-time favorite films! Love Godard. Thank you for sharing these.

    xo,

    Sarah

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  19. I haven't seen it, but I will definitely look for it and give it a try(:!

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  20. one of my favorites! I used to have a gigantic yellow and red poster for breathless hanging in my dorm room.

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  21. Breathless is an all time favorite! Thanks for the behind the scenes! xo A

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  22. Kommentar aus Berlin:
    Wundervolle Bilder - Chapeau!

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  23. It's one of my favorites! Jean Seberg is such a beauty! xo.

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  24. I absolutely love Breathless, especially because the main character is a chic, American girl in Paris. (Americans don't always get the best rep as travellers). And she's a writer!

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  25. Hi Joanna:

    I do not know if you blogged about this already but have you seen 'For Lovers Only'. It is an amazing movie and in the vein of classics such as Breathless. The trailer can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1oEdz_vOk8 and the movie (and soundtrack) are available to download on itunes. I'm certain you will love it so you should check it out.

    Matthew

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  26. Breathless is one of my all-time favorite French films. Jean-Luc Godard is a genius.

    Thanks for sharing these incredible behind-the-scenes pics!

    Rachel

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  27. That rooftop shooting photo is amazing! Holy cow! I also really want that Tribune shirt!

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  28. these are so cool! i love the story behind it. thanks joanna! have you seen 'une femme est une femme'? also great!

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  29. Not only have I seen Breathless, but I've seen enough Godard movies to last me a lifetime. There's only a few that I really like and only a couple that I love. Breathless is one of them. And I have a poster of it in French that I purchased when I was in Lyon visiting friends. The other is Vivre Sa Vie. Anna Karina and Jean Seberg are gorgeous. : )

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  30. Knowing there was no script sort of makes that movie make more sense.

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  31. The french new wave is my favorite moment in cinema history...so many classics! I love Jules & Jim too!

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  32. matthew, thanks for the rec! and susan you are so cute:)

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  33. I'll have to put this movie on my must-see list. The photos are awesome! :)

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  34. I love all of Godard's films from the sixties; after that era, not so much. And Jean Seberg was so beautiful and tragic.

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  35. i LOVE this movie. we saw it for the first time right after our first trip to paris. so beautiful

    ~dani

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  36. can't wait to watch this movie!

    http://xoxo-carolinalove.blogspot.com

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  37. Wow, I've never seen it -- but I would love to now!

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  38. Oh! The shot of the cinematographer on the ledge is chilling and lovely!

    Stacey
    Gray Skies

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  39. We have a Breathless poster hanging above our bed.
    http://tinypic.com/r/2mgkxz8/7

    Also, one of the first gifts I received from Laura was the new criterion edition dvd. She knew it was one of my favorite films.

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  40. Anonymous10:58 PM

    fabulous pictures.

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  41. I love how he uses a wheelchair to set up that shot! We did that recently while shooting a comedy video. Nice to know we are as technically savvy as Godard ;)

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  42. Great discovery! Love the pics. Also love the pixie hairdo - so wish I could rock it.

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  43. oh these photos are so grainy and dreamy and beautiful. you should check out one of my painting professors work, James Adams, he did a whole "jeanie" series based on this movie :) i think you'll love them: http://www.jamesadams.com/

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  44. what wonderful shots ...

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  45. Anonymous4:17 AM

    That one of the photographer on the ledge is just...wow.

    Anyway, I'll have to echo Matthew's recommendation of "For Lovers Only." It's absolutely stunning.

    Thanks for sharing the photos!

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  46. Anonymous4:52 AM

    Can't believe nobody's been praising Jean-Paul Belmondo yet. He's sex on legs in Breathless, and what a filmography! A cinematographic beast. I love Breathless and most Nouvelle Vague movies! :)

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  47. wow! they are really great photos! the emotions are there=)

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  48. I must see this! I can't imagine being the guy on the roof filming.

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  49. That striped dress is killer!

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  50. I've never see this, maybe today is a good rainy day, cup of tea and a little black and white netflix love!

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  51. I've never seen this movie. I'll definitely have to check it out.


    Fashionable Collections

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  52. Sophie12:05 PM

    Hello Joanna,

    I love these pictures. Have you seen pictures from the German band KLEE? (http://www.kleemusik.de/gallery/paris-april-2011-teil-2--1-19--.html)
    They are very much alike, I think.

    Love from Germany!
    Sophie

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  53. Oh my goodness! No I havent seen this movie, but Im thinking now I just may have to!

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  54. Oh these photos are great! This is my boyfriend's and my favorite movie to watch together.

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  55. I love this movie and like many other of your commentors I too took a picture of Jean Seberg to the hairdressers and had my hair cut like hers! Unfortunately, I didn't look as gorgeous as her!

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  56. Oooh if only I could rock a pixie cut so effortlessly... xo

    http://allykayler.blogspot.com

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  57. The best one.... dégueulasse, qu'est-ce que c'est dégueulasse???

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  58. Love the vintage black and white pics!

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  59. Yes, I've seen this movie. Only once, though. I'm dying to watch it again. Jean Seberg's character is so cute. I'm constantly drawing from her for style inspiration. I also used a line from the movie a while back in a poem that I wrote (but it's escaping me right now!) Thanks for sharing the behind-the-scenes photos.

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  60. Watched this in a film class about a year ago, and it's one of the films I'm so grateful that I've seen.

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  61. One of my favorite films. I love seeing these behind the scenes shots!
    xo
    Annalee
    http://www.ramblingsofagypsynomad.com

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  62. Quite useful piece of writing, thanks for this post.

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  63. So, I do not really think this will work.

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