Foreign Film Post

When watching the film Breathless I was impressed and entertained. I have never seen a film which includes such quick camera shots of the character and at times shots which completely skipped over certain parts of the characters movements. Breathless was a film which used a number of outdoor locations in the setting of the city of Paris. One difference which I see most often in the foreign films which I have seen such as Life is Beautiful and Slumdog Millionaire between American made movies is the use of location. In a number of foreign films the outdoor setting either in cities or the countryside seems to be commonly used, but used in way which becomes important to the plot of the film. Often times in American made films the setting may only have an impact on a specific scene within the movie.