a bout de souffle.indd - France

La France de 1959 n'est pas celle de mai 1968 mais l'anticipe L'opposition de la jeunesse aux valeurs héritées du modèle politique militaire du président De Gaulle est au centre d'A Bout de Souffle Par exemple Godard voulait réunir dans un même plan ses deux héros de fiction (Michel et Patricia) et deux héros de la

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A bout de souffle is not a film about how not to make films; instead it seeks to transform the way the medium has been used hitherto; so rather than imitating American film noir Godard refers to it The quasi documentary style of shooting and editing used on and off throughout A bout de souffle notably to show the rambling apparently