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Film Discussion => Digital Streams & Criterion Dreams => Topic started by: SHAFTR on June 05, 2003, 02:37:51 AM

Title: Breathless DVD
Post by: SHAFTR on June 05, 2003, 02:37:51 AM
Is there any talk of another edition of Breathless being released on DVD?
The current one only has commentary if I remember correctly.

How is the transfer and commentary on the existing disc?
Title: Breathless DVD
Post by: SoNowThen on June 05, 2003, 09:00:27 AM
Transfer: fine, better than a video copy at least.
Commentary: repetitive, but good. The guy obviously loves Godard. It would have been nicer to have more than one person, 'cause there's so many different ways to read Godard films, but on a bare-bones disc like this one, I guess I can't complain.

The only problem is the shitty subtitles. I swear they're not very accurate. I've seen a couple different copies of this on video and stuff, and also read a lot about the movie, and the subtitles in this one seem to dumb it down, or even occasionally leave out words...
Title: Breathless DVD
Post by: SHAFTR on June 05, 2003, 09:18:09 AM
I saw Breathless on film and the subtitles were horrible.  They were white so that if the words were against a white backdrop (which occured frequently), it was impossible to read or in some cases, be even aware that there is a subtitle.
Title: Breathless DVD
Post by: SoNowThen on June 05, 2003, 09:21:24 AM
Well, that's no good. At least on the dvd you can read them, no problemo.