À bout de souffle - the interview

Patricia (Jean Seberg) interviews a French writer/philosopher in Godard's "Breathless" (1960).
Patricia: What is your greatest ambition in life?
Parvulesco: To become immortal... and then die.

[@omarf.6780]

About 5 member of the French class skipped night school to watch a couple of French films during a Cinema Festival at Mendoza, Argentina in the 60’s. We had no idea what we’ll be watching. All I can say is that after “A Bout de Souffle” and “Les 400 Coups” my life was not the same anymore. The influence of those films are still alive after more than 50 years. I said this while looking at the Godard movie poster in my living room in Florida, USA.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

RIP Jean Luc. One of the 3 most influential directors in cinema, along with Griffith and Welles. This scene is a good representation of his genius. Jean-Pierre Melville is wonderful here. He is the father of the New Wave. See his Bob the Gambler from 1956--years before The 400 Blows. This scene should be in a textbook--it's that great.

[@anthonymcglinch7503]

Love how the author doesn't take this interview seriously at all! Such a good scene.

[@wsad458679]

I love Jean-Luc Godard. this movie revolutionalized film by essentially proving that independant films could be made on low budgets and be brilliant. Jean Seberg is also the most beautiful women ever to have walked the earth. such a shame.

[@underneonloneliness0]

"..devenir immortel et puis mourir" The movie, the scene, the lines delivered, the actors and of course Godard's directing... Great! Great! Great!

[@kalludrabinak8551]

Bien vu. Tous le film tient à cette phrase .

[@rurban]

Oh my, Jean-Pierre Melville! And he did become immortal.

[@KenKen3593]

1:59 When I saw the plane, I immediately thought of La jetée.

[@Del4Mar]

this is the coolest movie ever made and is ever going to be! I'm not talking about the postmodernistic wannabecoolness through nihilistic cynisism, but pure clean coolness as like in the 50s and 60s

[@marshawnlynch6244]

You know it's good when you have to watch the rest of the film.

[@julian-eu3xh]

" Mister... Do you like Brahms ? " shy question " Like everybody, not at all. " bluntly and casually answered PURE GENIUS. I can't count the number of times the movie made me spontaneously laugh at those kind of lines.

[@julia11147]

Incredible

[@PlayIt4MeAgainSam]

Vous devez voir le film en entier pour vraiment apprécié cette scène.

[@carlosandre1992]

Jean 🕯 Jean 🕯

[@dariusnikbin1695]

What we have here is the very foodstuff for the soul, otherwise known as philosophy... DCN

[@sawaria123]

Who come here after clicking Benedict Evans tweet. 😉

[@honegger]

Parvulesco is the great french filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville

[@franckzzalligan5660]

Ma spirale prophétique Jean Parbulesco L. Étoile de l'empire invisible

[@LeDosshaus]

fantastic~!

[@SamueleCastiglioni]

it's funny that people think of the interview as something interesting, like Goddard would have said the same things, while it's clear the scene is a poke at intellectuals and the guy is just full of shit ahah

[@Methilde]

You misunderstood, cause Godard was always playing on few levels include provocation.

[@emeacero]

Jean Seberg aparece incréible, con una musa como ella, es imposible que Godard no haya pasado a la gloria, qué mujer para hermosa, sofisticada, los lentes, la mirada, el coqueteo, su vestido, el look. ¿Por qué no hay más divas como esa?

[@jostockton.]

How do you know there aren't?

[@pepitovaldezz]

la grande classe

[@hipelon]

Ser inmortal y morir

[@elddybell]

"Monsieur parvulesco c'est que vous croyez en l'existence de l'âme dans le monde moderne?" is that correct?

[@alexandragatto]

Oooof, her accent. She was so beautiful, and such a tragic life, but dang, I can certainly tell she's from Iowa.

[@Luncea28]

Her character is American as well, so the poor accent is fitting.

[@armandocasado3883]

Pobre mujer.

[@Del4Mar]

@carlo88moe Alright my dude! Have a nice day :)

[@carlo88moe]

@wsad458679 u sound as sophomoric as someone who's just watch it for the first time and read the wikipedia page

[@asteroceras]

Just about all nouvelle vague... I guess Weekend was ok, Jules et Jim not so bad, but A Bout de Souffle is boring and uninvolving, like most new wave.

[@julian-eu3xh]

Prophétique.

[@asteroceras]

Crappy nouvelle vague. Yawn.