William wrote:
"Have you seen Jean Luc Godard's Alphaville? It's a cool
noirish hardboiled sci-fi flick. Although some folks find
Godard difficult. He's done some other almost on topic
movies."
Godard is an avowed fan of US noir, mentions a number of noir
writers in Godard on Godard. Breathless would certainly fit
in here. I've always thought it was heavily influenced by
Goodis's The Burglar. His Band of Outsiders was based on a
Hitchens novel. Made in the USA was supposedly an adaptation
of a Parker (character, not writer) novel, The Jugger, but
Westlake so hated it that he blocked its release in the US.
Years ago, someone traded me a tape of it, but I've never
gotten around to watching it, since it's in French without
subtitles and I don't think the handful of random words I
remember from high school will get me very far.
Mark
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