Breathless by Jean Luc Goddard. Unconventional narrative structures in New Wave French film.
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Breathless - jean Luc Goodard In Breathless the story is told through random events and references. It could be described as a story about nothing, with no beginning and no end, " I want to be immortal, and then die.' The plot and the characters are ambiguous little is described about them and there is no general linear direction. Pieces of the puzzle are shown through different media throughout the film rather than through event
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film unconventional. Events randomly occur throughout the film and other actions occur in response. The structure of Breathless is centrifugal although it never has an outcome. It's narrative moves away from convention as it lacks this closure; it has an open beginning and an open end. With it's obvious shift away from defined narrative structure and lack of closure Goddard's unconventional portrayal of narrative could almost be seen as another case of Waiting for Godot.
film unconventional. Events randomly occur throughout the film and other actions occur in response. The structure of Breathless is centrifugal although it never has an outcome. It's narrative moves away from convention as it lacks this closure; it has an open beginning and an open end. With it's obvious shift away from defined narrative structure and lack of closure Goddard's unconventional portrayal of narrative could almost be seen as another case of Waiting for Godot.