- Actors: Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky, Art Metrano, John P. Ryan, William Tepper
- Directors: Jim McBride
- Writers: Jim McBride, François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, L.M. Kit Carson
- Producers: Keith Addis, Martin Erlichman
- Classification: 15
- Studio: MGM
- VHS Release Date: 10 July 2000
- Run Time: 100 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004TIUF
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 27,696 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Breathless, Jim McBride's 1983 remake of Au Bout de Souffle rewrites Godard's existential hipster as a vain, style-obsessed hood and in the process loses some of the point. Godard's hero was a translation and productive misunderstanding of a quintessentially American sort of delinquent; because it is a retranslation, Gere's intelligent, nervy performance as Jesse Lujack suffers by comparison, however admirable it is taken in itself. McBride's direction strokes Gere's face and body lovingly--his every foxy smile, or glance at himself in a mirror, is played for passionate significance. This is also a good-looking film: the back alleys of LA and sunset over the Mojave desert have rarely looked as good. Valerie Kaprisky's Monica is inevitably given secondary importance; the decision to make the woman who goes along with Jesse's wild final ride on a whim an exchange student makes her at once more and less like her equivalent in the Godard--she has a touching exoticism that is at the same time somehow beside the point. The DVD includes the original theatrical trailer. --Roz Kaveney
From the Back Cover
Sometimes a theif can steal your heart. Richard Gere gives a breakthrough performance as a rockin' 'n' rollin', hustlin' and bustlin' crook in a film about chasing after your dreams no matter how high the stakes. Jesse Lujack (Gere) is a small-time car thief who loves livin', Jerry Lee Lewis and his Silver Surfer comic books. But most of all, Jesse loves Monica (Valerie KAprisky), the sexy French architecture student he just met in Vegas. Determined to provide her with the good life, Jesse uses all his rockabilly charm to convince the resistant Monica to drop everything and join him on a trip to sunny Mexico. In a fire-red caddy with the top down and the woman he loves finally at his side, Jesse feels on top of the world. But no matter how much rubber he burns, there's something that Jesse just can't outrun. As he races faster and faster away from his past and toward his dreams, Jesse must keep everything that's important to him - especially Monica - close by his side...or risk looosing everything forever! Charged with stirring charisma and raw sensuality, good ol' boy Jesse Lujack's high-octane adventure is sure to leave you breathless!
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11 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gere at his greatest!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Breathless [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Although it seems to have a lot of negative feedback, Breathless remains my all time favourite film. The soundtrack (which I have tried desperately to find) and cinematic shots of Los Angeles alone make this film worth a watch. It's quite nostalgic and I tend to yearn for hot summer evenings now long past while watching it. This is Gere at his best for me. His cheeky 'bad boy' image in Breathless earns him the hearthrob status he deserves. I find myself hopelessy in love with lovable rogue Jesse Lujack and I am pleasantly surprised whenever Lujack mannerisms pop up in Gere's other movies! I have watched this film countless times and it still hasn't lost its appeal for me. I'd say it's a must for Richard Gere fans who haven't yet seen it!
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
It pained me to give it one star,
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This review is from: Breathless [DVD] (DVD)
The remake of A Bout de Souffle leaves a lot to be desired. The only reason I ever cast eyes at it was because of a University presentation. Comparing the two in intimate aesthetical detail alone led me to locking myself up in a bedroom with coffee and cigarettes desperately trying to analyse Gere's performance without laughing myself into a coma. I indeed became John Paul Belmondo, on the run from the law after attempting to break into Gere's household and shake him until he came up with an explanation for his acting style. Belmondo admires Bogart, Gere idolises the Silver Surfer. If he'd remained stationary throughout the entire film with comic book speech bubbles appearing from his mouth then the film might have been 100 times better. Godard's original may have had it's ego but it is surpassed by Gere's misguided sense of his own talent. My advice, watch the orginial instead
6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Laughably bad,
By A Customer
This review is from: Breathless [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This American remake of Jean-Luc Godard's classic, A Bout de Souffe, is incredibly funny. Not because it is meant to be, but because it is so laughably bad. Godard's existential ramblings were perfect for the original and the film (Jean-Paul Belmondo especially) was effortlessly cool. However, apply the same existential ramblings to a conventionally-told American film and you have a story that goes nowhere and bores you in the process. Richard Gere is incredibly irritating as the hero, Jesse and Valaire Kaprisky is the eiptomy of bland. The film would have worked better as a basical love story, or perhaps if McBride hadn't tried to be quite as faithful to Godard's original, but sadly what is left over is a film that will please nobody. If you've never seen it before, it's really nothing special. If you've seen the original, you could always watch this afterwards for pure comedy value.
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