Fun City Editions: New 2K Restoration of Jim McBride's Breathless Coming Soon to Blu-ray
Posted March 1, 2023 09:31 PM by Webmaster
Fun City Editions will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Jim McBride's Breathless (1983) with a brand new Blu-ray release, which is scheduled to arrive on the market later this year.
Label description: Richard Gere (American Gigolo and Days of Heaven) is electrifying as Jesse Lujack, a small-time criminal obsessed with Jerry Lee Lewis, the Silver Surfer and Monica (Valérie Kaprisky, Andrzej Żuławski's La Femme Publique), the beautiful French exchange student he spent a passionate couple of nights with in Vegas. High-tailing it to Los Angeles to rendezvous again with Monica, Jesse steals a fast car and accidentally shoots and kills a highway patrolman. Now the most wanted fugitive in L.A., Jesse should get across the border to Mexico as soon as possible, but Monica leaves him breathless…
Co-writer and director Jim McBride (David Holzman's Diary and Great Balls of Fire) and co-writer L.M. Kit Carson (Paris, Texas and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2) boldly set out to create an American version of Jean-Luc Godard's groundbreaking debut Breathless and the result is a wildly energetic and imaginative neo-noir romance that has become a cult classic. The spirited supporting cast includes memorable character players John P. Ryan, Garry Goodrow, Art Metrano, James Hong, Miguel Pinero, William Tepper and Lisa Jane Persky. With its rockin' and atmospheric soundtrack, candy-colored cinematography by Richard H. Kline (Body Heat) and production design by Richard Sylbert (Chinatown), as well as the uncommonly strong sexual chemistry of its leads, Breathless is truly a cinematic feast for the senses. Ahead of its time when released, viewers have finally caught up to Breathless and now it's been restored in 2K from its 35mm interpositive and presented with an alternate ending that's been unseen for decades!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM AN INTERPOSITIVE
NEW "Making Breathless," a newly-filmed video interview with director Jim McBride
NEW Audio commentary by critic Glenn Kenny
Video introduction by director Jim McBride
Theatrical trailer
Alternate ending with director commentary
Deleted scenes with director commentary
Image gallery
Isolated music track
Booklet with new essays by Margaret Barton-Fumo and Cristina Cacioppo
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature