I just watched this last night and I really enjoyed it. Trashy but entertaining. Lots of post-modernist touches esp. as in how Gere's character is a construction of different pop culture icons (The Silver Surfer, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis). Also the scene where the architecture professor is in the Bonaventure - "You know Frank Lloyd Wright? This is Frank Lloyd Wrong".The difference between Gere's hyperbolic over-acting and Kaprisky's stiffness (she can't deliver her lines very convincingly but god is she beautiful) is interesting too. Such a lovely film visually too. I like the fake dark red sunset as Gere is bopping to Jerry Lee Lewis in his car.
You can definitely spot numerous Tarantino touchstones in this. It's full of them.
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 20:56 (ten years ago)
I haven't seen Breathless 2.0 since it was released, but if you liked it you should also see Jim McBride's classic:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062864/
and The Big Easy, of course.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 22:53 (ten years ago)