BREATHLESS 4K UHD/BLU-RAY [PRE-ORDER]

Street Date 9/30/25

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Jesse (Richard Gere, American Gigolo), a restless and cocky common criminal with a penchant for fast cars, rock ‘n roll music and comic books, finds himself obsessed with Monica (Valérie Kaprisky, La Femme Publique), a French exchange student at UCLA. On the run for car theft and the accidental slaying of a highway patrolman, Jesse finds himself on the streets of Los Angeles, passing time in swimming pools, making love with Monica and dodging the law that is closing in on him. 

A controversial remake of Jean-Luc Godard’s iconic staple of the French New Wave, À bout de souffle (1960), BREATHLESS is a decidedly 80s updating of the tried-and-true merging of romance and crime, giving way to the sex and violence expected from its era. Directed by American iconoclast Jim McBride (David Holzman’s Diary, The Big Easy), who co-wrote the script with L.M. Kit Carson (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2; Paris, Texas), BREATHLESS is a potent blast of pop-culture idolation, eschewing the gritty monochrome of its source for a vibrant, colorful, Los Angeles, gorgeously captured by director of photography Richard H. Kline (Body Heat, The Fury). Cinématographe is proud to present Jim McBride’s illustrious neo-noir in its world UHD debut of a new 4K restoration from its original camera negative.

FEATURES:
2-Disc Set: 4K Ultra HD + Region A Blu-ray
New audio commentary with director and co-writer Jim McBride, moderated by Cinématographe's Justin LaLiberty
New audio commentary with film writer Travis Woods
Rock N Roll As an Attitude - a new video interview with Jim McBride
A Different Perspective - a new video interview with casting director Jane Jenkins
To Ensnare is to Enshrine: The Ghostly Layers of Jim McBride's Breathless - a new video essay by film historian Daniel Kremer
Deleted Scenes and Alternate Ending with audio commentary from Jim McBride
Theatrical Trailer
Booklet featuring text essays by Cinématographe's Justin LaLiberty, film programmer Justine Peres Smith and film critic Kristen Yoonsoo Kim as well as original production notes and lobby cards
English SDH subtitles