Breathless

After watching Breathless, I will attempt to see if Breathless is under the category of French New Wave. French New Wave started in 1959 and ended at 1969. French New Wave filmmakers are linked by their self-conscious rejection of the the literary, their desire to shoot on location, and intention of experimenting with the film form.  This means French New Wave rejects editing and focuses on visuals.

In the film Breathless, they focus on strong female archetypes as in they focus on Patricia in the film. Patricia is a independent woman as could be seen in the film as she has her own job and even has education. In the scene where Michel looks for Patricia while she was working as a newspaper seller, it shows that Patricia has job and Michel does not.

Patricia is also rebellious as she could be seen in the scene where she steals cars with Michel although knowing that it is a crime.

Patricia is also able to practice choices, this shows she is strong as she is brave enough to rat michel out to the police in the end after she knows that he does not sincerely love her.

There were also elliptical editing and jump cut in the film, this shows that the filmmakers were experimenting with the film form. Elliptical editing could be seen as their mouth were not sync with the dialog during in the film. Jump cut could be seen in the film where they change scenes but using the same shots.