Breathless (1983) Standard Edition Cinématographe - 4K UHD / Blu-ray Region A

DISCOUNT CODES ARE NOT VALID WITH SALE ITEMS. ORDERS USING DISCOUNT CODES WILL BE CANCELED.

Jesse (Richard Gere, American Gigolo), a restless and cocky common criminal with a penchant for fast cars, rock ‘n roll music and comic books, finds himself obsessed with Monica (Valérie Kaprisky, La Femme Publique), a French exchange student at UCLA. On the run for car theft and the accidental slaying of a highway patrolman, Jesse finds himself on the streets of Los Angeles, passing time in swimming pools, making love with Monica and dodging the law that is closing in on him.

A controversial remake of Jean-Luc Godard’s iconic staple of the French New Wave, À bout de souffle (1960), BREATHLESS is a decidedly 80s updating of the tried-and-true merging of romance and crime, giving way to the s*x and violence expected from its era. Directed by American iconoclast Jim McBride (David Holzman’s Diary, The Big Easy), who co-wrote the script with L.M. Kit Carson (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2; Paris, Texas), BREATHLESS is a potent blast of pop-culture idolation, eschewing the gritty monochrome of its source for a vibrant, colorful, Los Angeles, gorgeously captured by director of photography Richard H. Kline (Body Heat, The Fury). Cinématographe is proud to present Jim McBride’s illustrious neo-noir in its world UHD debut of a new 4K restoration from its original camera negative.

directed by: Jim McBride
starring: Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky, Art Metrano, John P. Ryan, William Tepper, James Hong
1983 / 100 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Additional info:

• 2-Disc Set: 4K Ultra HD + Region A Blu-ray
• New audio commentary with director and co-writer Jim McBride, moderated by Cinématographe’s Justin LaLiberty
• New audio commentary with film writer Travis Woods
  
• Rock N Roll As an Attitude – a new video interview with Jim McBride
• A Different Perspective – a new video interview with casting director Jane Jenkins
• To Ensnare is to Enshrine: The Ghostly Layers of Jim McBride’s Breathless – a new video essay by film historian Daniel Kremer
• Deleted Scenes and Alternate Ending with audio commentary from Jim McBride
• Theatrical Trailer
• Booklet featuring text essays by Cinématographe’s Justin LaLiberty, film programmer Justine Peres Smith and film critic Kristen Yoonsoo Kim as well as original production notes and lobby cards
• English SDH subtitles