--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

  For me, the main quality of a good 
> film is that it *surprises* me, and takes me somewhere I
> have never been before.  

Agreed.  When I saw "Breathless" w/ Richard Gere, I knew nothing about 
it.  The warped compulsiveness of his character coupled with his 
unbridled optimism really captivated me.
The scene where he's watching TV while Elvis' "Caught in a Trap" is 
playing in the background summed it up for me.  He sees that the cop he 
shot has just died.  He looks out the window into the courtyard to see 
others watching the news as well; the heaviness of the situation and 
concurrent drama of the song kick in and I was experiencing the 
discomfort.  Suddenly he jumps up from his chair, throws the bathroom 
door open, takes one side of the shower sliding door off the track and 
jumps into the shower with his French girlfriend - the joyous energy of 
the song capturing that sudden change of mood just as well as it had 
created the drama.  Leaving me:  Breathless.





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