What I Learned From Watching: Breathless (1960) [INTERACTIVE VIDEO]

Episode #4: Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless is one of the most influential movies of all time, but what does it teach us about filmmaking? Breathless helped launch the French New Wave, changing the accepted modes of production, establishing Auteur Theory, and inspiring some of the most celebrated filmmakers in cinema history. This episode is an experiment in a new interactive video essay format— several references are expanded upon through interactive buttons that link to short side-videos.