Comparison Of Breathless And The Godfather

Both films were huge contributors in the film industry in a way or another. Breathless was one of the earliest, most influential examples of French New Wave cinema, while The Godfather is a film that arguably defined a genre. The film generated numerous rave reviews as well as audiences that became fans instantly. What separates the film from others is the fact that it was the first movie in Hollywood to innovate and incorporate plot twists into the gangster genre. Apart from the thematic additions, the characters in the movie also were by far one of the more complex ones in the modernist era. Take Don Vito Corleone. He is the protagonist of the film. He is old and wise. And he sure is a most complicated gangster. In his own words, he is not

a killer, and he never mixes business with personal matters. He puts family first and despises displays of weakness. He understands the burden of power, and though he and his son Michael don’t really talk much, the old man feels for him more than he’d care to acknowledge. And while it’s true that stereotypes did not influence Coppola’s film, certain ones were formed as a result of it. On the flip side, Breathless exhibited characters that seemed rather dull and one dimensional. Outside of Michel Poiccard’s murder and goals, his personality and traits aren’t really reveled to the viewer. Contrary to The Godfather, Breathless didn’t elicit that much of a suspense for me. Perhaps I thought the sound in Jean-Luc Godard’s film didn’t really maximize its potential, while the audio in The Godfather was really sinister and made me want to keep watching the movie. This difference really has to be pointed back to how fast technology is increasing and what it can do to benefit film. The modernist era marked the begging of stereophonic sound. The innovation made it seem like sound was coming from all directions, and made the movie seem more realistic.