Breathless with Richard Linklater

About this episode

Sam Clements discusses the film Breathless with director Richard Linklater, exploring its impact and Linklater's new film Nouvelle Vague.

Sam Clements is curating a fictional film festival. He'll accept almost anything, but the movie must not be longer than 90 minutes. This is the 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest podcast. In episode 159 Sam is joined by filmmaker Richard Linklater, director of Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, School of Rock, and Blue Moon. His new movie, Nouvelle Vague, follows the shooting of Godard's Breathless [À Bout De Souffle]. Richard has chosen Breathless [À Bout De Souffle] (90 mins). Directed by Jean-Luc Godard and released in 1960, the classic French New Wave drama stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg. Sam and Richard discuss shooting his new film Nouvelle Vague on the same locations as Breathless, why the runtime of Breathless was revolutionary, and how Richard rarely makes films over two hours long. Thank you for downloading. We'll be back in a couple of weeks! If you enjoy the show, please subscribe, rate, review and share with your friends. We're an independent podcast and every recommendation helps - thank you! Rate and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Show your support for the podcast and help us stay truly independent by leaving us a tip at our Ko-fi page…

People in this episode

Host: Sam Clements

Guest: Richard Linklater

Topics covered

• film festival
• French New Wave
• film discussion
• Richard Linklater
• Breathless
• Nouvelle Vague

Keywords

• Breathless
• Richard Linklater
• Nouvelle Vague
• Jean-Luc Godard
• French New Wave
• film festival
• short films

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Breathless, Nouvelle Vague, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, School of Rock, Blue Moon

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