Tributes have been pouring in for the filmmaker, who changed the course of French cinema.
“Switzerland is losing one of its greatest filmmakers.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Godard “became a master” of French cinema.
Filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, a revolutionary voice in French New Wave cinema, died at the age of 91.CHRISTOPHE D YVOIRE/Sygma via Getty Images
“We are losing a national treasure, a look of genius.”
OK, he did it, but he couldn’t have done it in America.”
Breathless, released in March 1960, was Godard’s first big successful film.
The French crime drama starredJean-Paul Belmondoas Michael, a criminal who models himself on Hollywood gangsters like Humphrey Bogart.
(Belmondodied a year earlierat the age of 88.)
The film became notable for its stark shift in narrative storytelling, bold visuals, and use of jump-cuts.
Godard was also known for taking a political stance in his work.
Another example was 1967’sWeekend, which tackled the hypocrisies of bourgeoisie society.
